Beginning on New Year's Day, the comic will be running 26.2 miles on a treadmill every day of January, then jumping straight off to perform an hour-long gig every night. “It’s going to get a bit breezy I think,” he notes, as the wind continues to pick up ahead of a gusty day of Majjistral.Īt about half two in the afternoon, Izzard uploaded yet another video, this time very much in the thick of it as he ran through the streets of the capital. Eddie Izzard has announced his latest marathon challenge, A Run For Hope, combining endurance running with endurance gigging. Then, at 4am, as most of us were still cuddled up in that cold February morning, Eddie Izzard kicked off his fifth consecutive marathon in Valletta. “Once I’ve done today I would’ve done five, and the first 10 are usually a bit rubbish.”Īs you could easily tell from the video (and from having gone through yesterday), this week is a particularly windy and cold spell for the islands… something which Izzard instantly points out but definitely does not let get in his way.
“This is my first time in Malta,” an already exhausted Izzard said in the very early hours of yesterday morning before the sun even came up. The challenge did, however, cause an issue. Eddie will attempt to run (on a treadmill) 31 marathons, and then perform 31 stand-up shows, in 31 days, in 31 virtual cities from across Europe and around. This incredible challenge raised over 140,000 (184,000) for charity and highlighted Eddie’s campaign to unite people, countries and communities. And yesterday, the 57-year-old tackled Marathon Number 5, in Valletta! The Make Humanity Great Again campaign involved Eddie Izzard running a daily marathon and performing a stand-up set each night for 31 consecutive days. In February 2020 Eddie ran 28 marathons in 28 days, travelling all over Europe to run each marathon in a different European capital city. Superstar stand-up comedian and political activist Eddie Izzard has taken on his most insane physical challenge yet 28 marathons in 28 days in 28 different countries.
It’s not every day that Maltese people get to spot a celebrity in their midst… so imagine how much rarer it is to spot a celebrity running past you as part of a unique, consecutive marathon challenge. Eddie Izzard has said running 27 marathons in 27 days was the hardest thing he has ever done, as he thanked all his supporters who helped him raise more than £1m for Sport Relief.
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