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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Lifestyle
Emine Saner

The resilience secret: 13 ways to stay strong and active – from the man who runs a marathon a day

Aaron Robinson running in the park while two dogs leap about joyfully
‘We feel like a bit of a pack’ … Aaron Robinson with his pace-setters, River (left) and Inca. Photograph: Jill Mead/The Guardian

By the time you read this, Aaron Robinson will – barring disaster – have run his 75th marathon in 75 days. Aided by his two pace-setters, Inca and River (his border collies), Robinson will have got out of bed around 3am, and completed 26 miles. He’ll probably do the same tomorrow, and the day after that.

People always ask how many marathons he’ll do, he says. “I don’t know. I’d love to say, especially for fundraising, ‘I’m doing X amount.’ But we’re just doing it day by day. It depends on the dogs and how they feel.”

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