Eddie Izzard Running
Eddie Izzard, the best comedian I’d never heard of until Chris introduced me, is running about 1,000 miles to raise money for a charity:
Izzard, 47, together with a tour manager, a sports therapist and the ice-cream van, left Trafalgar Square on July 26 after a snap decision — “all decisions are snap, aren’t they? You can’t have a bendy decision” — to run 30 miles a day in as many days around the country. The effort is for Sport Relief, the fundraising initiative by Comic Relief and BBC Sport.
He had to downgrade to a marathon a day, and as of the writing of the article, was on his 19th. Impressive! He’s even doing some “impromptu” comedy shows on the road, announcing the shows at the last minute on Twitter. Follow along on his Twitter feed.
Comments
Dan McKeown
Unreal. I am just trying to do a half marathon in two months and it is kicking my butt. How is Eddie Izzard able to do that much running? He is not a small man…
Alexander Micek
I don’t know… but he’s posted some crazy pictures of foot blisters! Are you running the TC half marathon?
Dan McKeown
Just read a bit about Eddie Izzard’s run on the BBC:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/8256589.stm
It sounds really and truly awful.
Alexander Micek
Here’s my favorite bit: “Haemoglobin - the blood protein which carries oxygen around the body - will be broken down by the power of his own frame repeatedly crushing it in his feet.”
That’s crazy.