Ran the last 2 miles of his stretch with him tonight - in the rain. He started off doing 30 miles but found that : 1. Its a bit too long - and 2. Nobody really knows how long 30 miles is - but they do know about marathons -so he's 'just' doing 26.2 miles a day now.
If you are anywhere near his route - do pop along for a little run with him - he's very welcoming and likes a chat.
Don't think he is doing the coast - he did london to cardiff then he is running up to stranraer I think ? Ferry to northern ireland - lil jog round there - back to scotland - to edinburgh and then small jog back to london. 1100 miles he reckoned.
Ooooh how exciting Cougs! Did you just happen upon him when you were out running or did you go out looking for him? He's been putting pics of people he's met on his travels on his Twitter, did he take a pic of you?
LouLou - bit of both really - I was running from work that night anyway - and his route was right past my work - so made sense to at least head off that way. I thought he'd be with loads of people - but it was just him running and two lads that had only come out to wish him luck and somehow got dragged along with it ! They were more relieved than Eddie to see the finish. No photos of me - thank god - but they were filming it from a little tuk tuk thing - cant see that I'll make the program though ! He's gonna have a fair few hours of tape !
I also think this stripped down, low key thing is testament to the fact he is undoubtedly a modest, but clearly determined, chap and more power to him.
There should really be a movement to get a mass of runners to accompany him on his last lap.
I'm so going to go running with him when he reaches edinburgh! How awesome would that be...I'll be keeping a close eye on progress and crossed fingers I'm not away when he gets here...
I had no idea he was doing this until I saw this thread.
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Ran the last 2 miles of his stretch with him tonight - in the rain. He started off doing 30 miles but found that :
1. Its a bit too long - and
2. Nobody really knows how long 30 miles is - but they do know about marathons -so he's 'just' doing 26.2 miles a day now.
If you are anywhere near his route - do pop along for a little run with him - he's very welcoming and likes a chat.
And you can donate here :
http://www.comicrelief.com/donate/eddie
Eddie's Twitter Page, though he appears to have lost his connectivity (is that usual around Chester?)
Cougie, were you wearing your Pirate monaco?
Thanks for the link ATOM.
Amazing progress so far!
Here's Eddie's personal twitter page for anyone not already following....
http://twitter.com/eddieizzard
I save those for exotic races abroad - like bala.
GAYLORD
winks ;-0
The man is a legend.
Although his tweets are disappointingly devoid of humour.
Mind you, I bet he's hurting a bit by now.
No photos of me - thank god - but they were filming it from a little tuk tuk thing - cant see that I'll make the program though ! He's gonna have a fair few hours of tape !
I think it is being filmed for BBC Three as there are two video diaries on Youtube and both have the BBC Three logo on them.
Video Diary 1
Video Diary 2
Actual he is being filmed for BBC Three but you are going to have to wait until 2010 to see it!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00m3z1f
he's still funny...
"On the positive side.........................nothing"
i quite like this where he is running on his own with just a few people coming out to join him
I also think this stripped down, low key thing is testament to the fact he is undoubtedly a modest, but clearly determined, chap and more power to him.
There should really be a movement to get a mass of runners to accompany him on his last lap.
But he has to be first over the line, obv.
I'm so going to go running with him when he reaches edinburgh! How awesome would that be...I'll be keeping a close eye on progress and crossed fingers I'm not away when he gets here...
I had no idea he was doing this until I saw this thread.