Gary McKee - 'The Marathon Man'

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🗓️ 20 December 2022

⏱️ 35 minutes

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In today’s episode, we’re joined by Gary McKee 'The Marathon Man’. Gary has been fundraising for Macmillan Cancer Support for almost 20 years. He’s cycled through Brazil, climbed Kilimanjaro, trekked through New Zealand, walked across hot coals and rowed the equivalent distance of the English Channel and then back…And that’s not all! In 2021 to celebrate Macmillan’s 110th birthday, Gary ran 110 marathons in 110 days. So for 2022 he had his sights set on a bigger goal - to run 365 Marathons in 365 Days! With the support of his family, friends, and community, Gary is changing many lives for people affected by cancer! What a way to end the year! Join us in congratulating Gary on such an incredible achievement, and if you have £1 or £100, whatever you can donate his Just Giving page is here: https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/threesixfive Looking to buy a RunPod tshirt? linktr.ee/runpod

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0:00.0	This is a global player original podcast.
0:09.0	Hello there and welcome to Run Pod, the Run Club of the podcast world.
0:13.0	I'm Jenny Faulkner here with a very special guest today
0:16.0	who will absolutely make you want to get up off the sofa and run. Why? Well, because he's done that,
0:23.9	come rain or shine, hail or snow, heat wave or the big freeze, every day this year, he has
0:30.5	run. And his running streak is mighty impressive because each run has been a marathon. This is why
0:36.3	he's now referred to as the marathon man.
0:38.5	Please welcome to Run Pod, Gary McKee.
0:41.5	Hello there.
0:42.6	Hi, how are you?
0:44.2	Look, I'm fine.
0:45.2	I ran six and a half miles today, which is 20 less than you.
0:51.1	It is, yeah.
0:52.2	I'm actually good, considering I've run 9,300 miles this year on my 353rd marathon today 12 left but I am I'm really really good oh my goodness I honestly I'm so in awe of what you're doing and so you've got till December the 31st then on on January 1st, you get a lion, please.
1:12.3	On January the 1st, I get to have a cooked breakfast for the first time this year.
1:16.4	And that's what I'm looking forward to.
1:18.1	My normal breakfast is a couple of slices of toast with jam on and two cups of coffee.
1:23.2	And that gets me through.
1:25.0	Oh, wow.
1:25.7	How does it make you feel knowing that the year will soon be done?
1:29.5	I don't know, you're going to feel like you're missing something next year.
1:32.6	Yeah.
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