Runner Completes 365 Consecutive Marathons

Belgian runner Stefaan Engeles has just completed a marathon for every day of the past year.  This man is pushing it to new extremes.  Wow!  I'm still working on running a 5k.  There are major health risks to pushing your body to these kind of limits.  He seems normal, but to me this is an insane thing to do.  What do you think?

Saturday was the 49-year-old’s 365th consecutive 26.2 mile race, shattering the record of 52 consecutive marathons set by a Japanese man last year.

Engeles attributed his ability to run for so long to the fact that he doesn’t run very fast. However, his average of about four hours per marathon is still 30 minutes faster than the average finishing time in the New York City marathon.

Overall, Engels ran 9,569 miles.  Watch the full interview here.