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news.yahoo.com - 9/16/2009

Comedian Eddie Izzard completes set of marathons (AP)

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AP - British standup comic Eddie Izzard has completed 43 marathons in seven weeks as part of a grueling charity run.

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news.bbc.co.uk - 9/15/2009

BBC NEWS | UK | Magazine | Run, Izzard, run and run again

— news.bbc.co.uk — Eddie Izzard's ultra marathons (picture by Amanda Searle) BBC NEWS | UK | Magazine | Run, Izzard, run and run again

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usatoday.com - 9/16/2009

Comedian Eddie Izzard completes 43 marathons

— usatoday.com — British standup comic Eddie Izzard has completed 43 marathons in seven weeks as part of a grueling... charity run. Comedian Eddie Izzard completes 43 marathons

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Eddie Izzard completes incredible 1,100 mile run across UK in 7 weeks
Cele|bitchy — ... run took him across Britain, from London to Liverpool, Northern Ireland, Scotland and down back to the capital, according to the BBC. The broadcaster said Izzard effectively ran 43 marathons. It added that some of Izzard’s runs had taken him as many as 10 hours to complete, although his last one was took just over five. Izzard said told the broadcaster last month that “you have to be a little bit crazy” to tackle a challenge of this kind. [From Yahoo] This is my absolute favorite story of the year so far. I can’t imagine any ...