eddie izzard- marathon man

carrock

second part of eddie izzard documentary on bbc3 tonite

47 yr old overweight unfit man runs 43 marathons in 51 days and does stand up gigs at night, to raise money for comic relief

Part 1 of the series showed how he suffered in the first 10 days, but carried on

A class act!!

stonehouse

Amazing effort. The first episode made me put in an extra effort on my Sunday ride, promptly buggered my knee as a result! :roll:

crumbschief

I love his humour and ways and i shall be watching the second part as well,it does spur you on hearing of such things,it's time for Chafe Watch.

Fru T Bunn

Can't stand the bloke or his act but top effort.

bikey2009

crumbschief wrote:

I love his humour and ways and i shall be watching the second part as well,it does spur you on hearing of such things,it's time for Chafe Watch.

Rub the vasaline all over, he'll need it :oops:

stonehouse

I could kill you with a thought, or a tray, death by tray it is then....

STEFANOS4784

Fair play to the guy, good cause and all that, but his fastest 'marathon runs' were 8 hours and some as slow as 12 if i recall. No offense and his feet did seem painful but that's not much, if any, above walking pace. Mefinks 2 weeks training was not enough, maybe stuffing his face with icecreams and 20 potatoes in 1 meal -making himself sick-didn't help much either :roll:

hammerite

STEFANOS4784 wrote:

Fair play to the guy, good cause and all that, but his fastest 'marathon runs' were 8 hours and some as slow as 12 if i recall. No offense and his feet did seem painful but that's not much, if any, above walking pace. Mefinks 2 weeks training was not enough, maybe stuffing his face with icecreams and 20 potatoes in 1 meal -making himself sick-didn't help much either :roll:

A lot of his runs were actually around the 5-6hr mark, I know a lot of people who ran with him who said he was averaging about 12min miles. Certainly towards the end of the journey he got quite quick. I set out to run with him one afternoon, about 4 days before he finished, and he'd finished that day by the time I thought he'd be at about 17 miles! I think his PB was on the very last run into London which he did in 5 hours.

I think the programme is concentrating on the times when he was finding it tough as it makes better viewing, rather than the cruisey days. You've also got to think of some of the terrain, it could slow a lot of runners down, as well as the effect of running that distance day after day. I know when I've raced a marathon I've struggled to walk the next day.

One thing that does annoy me, it shouldn't as it's petty.... but the fact that it was always called a marathon. To me (rightly or wrongly) a marathon is an organised race, officially measured. If I go out to run 13.1 miles in training I haven't done a half marathon, I've just run 13.1 miles.

bexley5200

what a increadable story of suffering,an insperation to all of us.

morstar

stonehouse wrote:

I could kill you with a thought, or a tray, death by tray it is then....

I presume you've see the lego vid to this. Top class!

tlw1

bexley5200 wrote:

what a increadable story of suffering,an insperation to all of us.

yep

Its encouraged a couple of us from work to cycle round all of our branches next week (450 miles - the biggest leg being 120 miles, when the most I have done is 85 in training). We have raised over £3k for sports relief so far

Anonymous

Farck.

I thought this was impressive before this program.

Now I just don't know what to say.

Amazing!!

cougie

I ran a few miles with him - as mentioned it was probably about 12 min miles - so a decent pace. I know some of his marathons took him a while - but he was having to stop to chat to people, accept donations and get the treatment on his multitude of injuries.
And he paid for the hotels himself too - what a star.
Its a fantastic achievement - as a marathon runner I thought he wouldnt be able to do it.

bigpikle

Incredible feat and it makes him a huge hero in my eyes, I did my first half marathon today and **** me if you think I'm doing another tomorrow, let alone 43 full marathons :shock:

Shame it was so low key and under the radar at the time, as it is a far bigger feat that many of the other celeb challenges IMHO.

Mettan

Watched both episodes so far (great television) - a great effort from Eddie and a stunning accomplishment overall - just shows what people can do, if the mindset is there.

Congrats to the great man.

tlw1

Bigpikle wrote:

Shame it was so low key and under the radar at the time, as it is a far bigger feat that many of the other celeb challenges IMHO.

agree 100%

carrock

STEFANOS4784 wrote:

Fair play to the guy, good cause and all that, but his fastest 'marathon runs' were 8 hours and some as slow as 12 if i recall. No offense and his feet did seem painful but that's not much, if any, above walking pace. Mefinks 2 weeks training was not enough, maybe stuffing his face with icecreams and 20 potatoes in 1 meal -making himself sick-didn't help much either :roll:

So he took too long running his marathons then? My god the man's a shameless fraud- fancy dawdling like that. Gives charirty fundrasing a bad name. The man is clearly not worth an OUNCE of credit and is now exposed as a dawdling charlatan. I'm going to burn all my Eddie Izzard DVDs and go and firebomb his house. :evil:

stonehouse

I presume you've see the lego vid to this. Top class!

Yep, and the stand up original, classic stuff. "This isn't a game of who the feck is who"!

He certainly didn't make it easy, crap nutrition, over reaching rather than gradually building up. Surely if he had gradually improved his time that would have given a greater time for recovery? Still, all said and done, even if he was barely more than walking it was a great achievement.

Anonymous

Top man.

Excellent effort and impressive to keep going through so much personal pain and injury. I know I couldn't have: hats off to him.

bexley5200

3rd part on bbc 3 1030 thurs

Stewie Griffin

3rd episode 10.30 tonight on beeb3, for anyone still interested. Im hooked, go on lad .

Flying Monkey

Whether you like the guy (& his humour) or not, you have to take your hat off to him for his efforts. Remarkable!

iain_j

Just caught up with this on iplayer and watching the 3rd one tonight. I'm not a fan of his act but ... fark it's impressive what he's done! Chapeau!

Wish I'd known he was running through Liverpool. Would have turned up to support him.

Stewie Griffin

Aside from the feat itself, sitting in an ice bath for 15 mins every night deserves my fiver on its own :shock: . 2 mins of not quite warm water directly on my legs with the shower head after a ride does me thank you very much :P

bexley5200

gripping stuf the pain the guts of the man

RonB

I hope he decides to try again for an under 5hr time. Shame the traffic caused the delay in that last leg.

acidstrato

brilliant stuff, inspiring infact