In the final hours of 2022, a Briton achieved the crazy goal he had set for the year.

Gary McKee, 53, raised £1million for the fight against cancer by running 365 marathons in 365 days.

This Saturday, December 31, he ran his 365th and last marathon of the year in a winter rain.

This father of three children will have covered a total of 15,330 km, running in 2022. He only reached his financial objective a few hours later, collecting the million pounds (1.13 million euros), for the benefit of the Macmillan Cancer Support association.

The counter was still climbing on Sunday.


Day 365 + One Million Raised = Job Done ✅️



Gary McKee has ran 365 Marathons in 365 Days in 2022



You can still donate at https://t.co/f3fEez6yLH pic.twitter.com/bgNI1iR5Ak

— Gary McKee (@Marathon_Man365) January 1, 2023

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22 pairs of sneakers in one year

Gary McKee is not at his first challenge in favor of charities.

He has already crossed Brazil by bicycle, climbed Kilimanjaro, rowed over distances equivalent to the English Channel.

He had run 100 marathons in 100 days in 2017, then 110 in 110 days in 2021.

He raised the level this year, for a challenge that required 22 pairs of basketball.

He was joined when he ran, often in the morning before going to work in the afternoon, by many anonymous people or even sportsmen, like the English rugby coach Kevin Sinfield.



“The streets were full of people, it was raining, but everyone was clapping and shouting,” he welcomed the arrival of his 365th marathon of the year on the BBC.

“I will always remember that.

He also indicated that he was not interested in a possible homologation of his achievement as a record.

"What matters are not records, but helping people," he acknowledged.

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