Man runs 365 marathons every day for a year, raising money for two local charities
abc.net.au/news/gary-mckee-runs-365-marathons-every-day-for-a-year/101820482An Englishman who pledged to run a marathon every day of 2022 completed the feat on Saturday, raising more than 1 million British pounds for charity.He went to work after finishing his 356th marathon of the year on Saturday, December 31
The BBC is reporting that, on the last day of the year, Gary McKee, from Cumbria, completed his 365th marathon, having started running a marathon each day from January 1, 2022. Locals and wellwishers lined both sides of the finish line as McKee completed his last marathon of the year, with the crowd cheering him on."The streets were lined. It was raining, but everybody was out clapping and shouting. It was fantastic seeing everybody there," he said.McKee later revealed in a tweet that he had surpassed his fundraising goal for charities Macmillan Cancer Support and Hospice at Home West Cumbria.
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