Calgary man runs seven marathons in seven days, seven continents

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Calgary man runs seven marathons in seven days, seven continents
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Behind him at the starting line was a behemoth Soviet-era cargo plane he’d boarded hours earlier on Jan. 31, billed to him as the “safest” way to get himself and the dozens of athletes in his company to the southernmost continent from their meeting point in South Africa.

“I exchanged a couple of messages with the race director,” who himself had overcome a seemingly detrimental knee injury, said Mohendroo, “and he was like, ‘Yeah, you can do it.’ ”Article content “The initial reaction from my wife and, of course, my mom was like, ‘You’re insane, right?’ ” he said.After the group met in Cape Town, South Africa, they were off to complete full marathons in Antarctica, South Africa, Australia, the United Arab Emirates, Spain, Brazil and the United States, jetting across the globe on chartered planes between Jan. 31 and Feb. 6.

But through it all, Mohendroo said what kept him going was the immense support from his friends and family — his wife even ran with him for most of the final marathon in Miami — and those pounding the pavement alongside him.

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