500 Marathon World Record Challenge

Posted: Monday November 30, 2009

Steve Edwards is just 9 Marathons away from a World Record.

The Gloucester-based runner has already notched up 491 and his 492nd will be in Lanzarote.

The 47-year-old is already a double Guinness World Records™ holder for running the fastest 10 marathons in 10 consecutive days and for running the most marathons in a one year period, a total of 87.

Now he’s well on track to claiming the title ‘Fastest 500 marathons completed by an individual’.

So far, 427 of his marathons have been completed in under 3hrs 30min and with an overall average finish time of just over 3hrs 15min, he’s hoping to become the first athlete in the world to run 500 sub 3:30 marathons.

This he hopes to achieve in time for the Olympics in 2012 and the year of his 50th birthday!

www.justgiving.com/run500