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November 2, 2003 1:44 PM

British explorer Sir Ranulph Fiennes and Dr. Michael Stroud just completed an extraordinary feat: they're running seven marathons. On seven continents. In seven days. It's all to benefit the British Heart Foundation, and it wound up today with the New York Marathon.
posted by Vidiot (9 comments total)

Ach. There's only two reasons to run 26 miles. One, you're chasing a broad, or two the police are chasing you. And even then a car is preferable.
posted by jonmc at 2:43 PM on November 2, 2003

Sir Ranulph is 59, and had double bypass heart surgery this summer.
posted by eddydamascene at 2:50 PM on November 2, 2003

British explorer Sir Ranulph Fiennes and ...

He's an actor AND an explorer? And runs marathons?

Damn!
posted by Ayn Marx at 3:21 PM on November 2, 2003

I just saw a brief interview with them on television. Inspirational attitude.
posted by rushmc at 3:41 PM on November 2, 2003

Ayn Marx, check out my title tag on the first link in the post. They're cousins. (For all the gory details, go here and scroll down to "Genealogy.")
posted by Vidiot at 3:56 PM on November 2, 2003

It's an amazing achievement.
posted by nthdegx at 4:26 PM on November 2, 2003

Nobody likes a show-off.
posted by 2sheets at 4:29 PM on November 2, 2003

Ayn Marx, check out my title tag on the first link in the post.

Hey! Don't get all technical on me and spoil my idiot glee.
posted by Ayn Marx at 8:58 PM on November 2, 2003

That is a truly amazing accomplishment. Meanwhile, the cruelty of the fates dictates that the majority of spectators of the marathon were probably most interested in seeing P. Diddy.
posted by Dreama at 12:46 AM on November 3, 2003