He’s known for his cross-dressing and other funny antics, but Eddie Izzard’s latest performance was no laughing matter. As he crossed the finish line in London’s Trafalgar Square, the British comedian saw the completion of a staggering 43 marathons in just 51 days as part of a charity project.
The star of ‘Valkyrie’ and TV’s ‘The Riches’, Eddie jogged around 44 kilometres a day, covering almost 1770km right around the United Kingdom, from London to Scotland and back again. Training for just five weeks prior to embarking on the mammoth task, Eddie (47) aimed to finish the final leg of his run in under five hours, but he missed this target by 30 seconds.
Eddie says, “I don’t know what the hell I was doing at the end but it must have been way faster than I was doing the rest of the time. So I feel exhausted now but, you know, it’s over.” He may be tired but Eddie is probably also a bit pleased – he raised nearly $500,000 for charity.
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