By Ray O'Hanlonrohanlon@irishecho.com
February 11, 2009 He didn't run out of road. He ran out of continents. Galway ultra distance runner Richard Donovan has become the first person to run seven marathons on seven continents in less than seven days. And his feat, by way of his feet, is helping the war and famine threatened people of the Darfur region of western Sudan.
In case anyone is thinking of breaking Donovan's mark it would be well to note the fact that he accomplished his runs in 5 days, 9 hours and 8 minutes. In that time he ran a total of 183 miles, but also flew tens of thousands of them.
Donovan finished his final marathon in Sydney, Australia late last week. Behind him he had notched up six 26.2 mile runs in Antarctica, Africa, Asia, Europe and both North and South America.
The precise locations for his runs leading up to the Sydney climax were Cape Town, Dubai, London, Toronto and Santiago.
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