I know this is [old] but I took the requisite 5 seconds to search and didn't find another post on this.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1213682/Eddie-Izzard-completes-mega-seven-week-marathon-blisters-blisters.html

Can someone explain how he can physically run 43 full marathons in 51 days after only 5 weeks of training? From what I've heard from other runners, you're pretty much dead for a week after doing 1 marathon.

[Edited on October 20, 2009 at 6:20 PM. Reason : better link]

10/20/2009 6:19:33 PM

if there were one thing he was successful at in life, I wish it was this.

10/20/2009 6:21:27 PM

if you can learn to ignore pain, all manner of things are possible

10/20/2009 6:22:25 PM

That's like saying "If you can ignore pain, you can stab yourself in the heart"

10/20/2009 6:25:00 PM

in that case, you don't have to ignore it very long...

10/20/2009 6:26:00 PM

pretty impressive, and put about $400,000 towards charity (I think the pound to dollar ratio is roughly 1:2)

I can hate on dude for plenty of things, but this isn't one of them

10/20/2009 6:26:30 PM

He looks old without makeup

10/20/2009 6:27:51 PM

The only part I'm surprised by is the determination. His fastest 27-mile run was 5:00:30, which isn't really that fast (about 35% faster than a walking pace). If you just walked 8 hours a day, you could complete the same journey in less time.

10/20/2009 6:29:27 PM

wait a sec, that dude's a chick?

10/20/2009 6:48:07 PM

Who?

10/20/2009 6:57:15 PM

Eddie Izzard is awesome and his stand-up is hilarious.

10/20/2009 7:09:12 PM

Cake or Death?

Cake please!

Cake it is... We weren't expecting such a huge rush on the cake...

10/20/2009 7:11:27 PM

I wonder how many pounds he lost from starting training to completing the marathon.

10/20/2009 7:31:58 PM

It said he probably gained weight because of muscle building, but that he was likely leaner.

10/20/2009 7:33:22 PM

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"if there were one thing he was successful at in life, I wish it was this."

hey hey HEY

get that shit out of here. this aint the soapbox

in fact. FUCK YOUR FACE WITH IRON

10/20/2009 7:40:20 PM

Eddie Izzard Rules!!!

10/20/2009 7:51:13 PM

looked better in 70s glam than drag

10/20/2009 9:43:41 PM

This is also proof that while you can slim down, no amount of working out will change your body type.

good for Eddie though, that guy is hilarious. Remember the bit about the squirrel?

10/20/2009 11:50:40 PM

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"Can someone explain how he can physically run 43 full marathons in 51 days after only 5 weeks of training? From what I've heard from other runners, you're pretty much dead for a week after doing 1 marathon."

apparently your sources suck

10/21/2009 12:59:48 AM

What body-type was he trying to change? Dude's probably got less than 5% bmi.

10/21/2009 1:00:09 AM

Izzard is a little chunky, but I think he's just like that naturally.

I don't know why you'd do that many so close together. My uncle used to do one a week and he ended up in the hospital eventually.

10/21/2009 11:53:57 AM

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"I don't know why you'd do that many so close together."

Maybe the same reason you'd tell police your kid floated away in a Mylar balloon.

10/21/2009 12:06:25 PM

He looks like Simon Pegg in Run, Fatboy, Run.

10/21/2009 12:13:10 PM

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"I can hate on dude for plenty of things, but this isn't one of them"

How does anyone hate Eddie Izzard?

10/21/2009 1:04:48 PM

Well for one, he's not very funny. And the cross dressing and make up shtick is pretty old hat.

10/21/2009 1:07:32 PM

That's nice.

What I really want to know is when in the hell does "The Riches" come back on FX??

10/21/2009 4:02:56 PM

^^^

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"Well for one, he's not very funny"

10/21/2009 4:03:53 PM

LIES!!!

Well.. he's funny.. but he does get cast in shit roles

10/21/2009 8:06:25 PM

he aint got nothin on forrest gump.

10/21/2009 8:42:00 PM

http://news.yahoo.com/eddie-izzard-27-marathons-27-days-202425953.html

He did it again

3/21/2016 11:16:51 PM

Lol at gaining muscle while running marathons not gonna happen.

He didn't lose weight because fat loss ceases after about 5 lbs of cardio. You need to lift to lose fat

3/22/2016 1:43:34 AM