Eddie Izzard's Challenge - Clubhouse

Shimmy shimmy

30/07/2009 at 10:47

And he has only trained for one month. The nutter

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Love his shows though. Good luck to him.

Juliefrazz

30/07/2009 at 11:00

I've been following him on twitter and it did seem rather an ambitious feat for such a newbie (but keen) runner! I really hope he doesn't crash and burn after a few days.

Love Eddie Izzard though, I'm seeing his show in November

Shimmy shimmy

30/07/2009 at 11:04

He's already in a bit of a bad way by the looks of things.

BRT

30/07/2009 at 11:36

Poor Miles

Red Squirrel.

30/07/2009 at 11:50

Eddie Is 'Ard

Shimmy shimmy

30/07/2009 at 12:21

LOL Parky

cougie

pirate

30/07/2009 at 12:24

Good luck to him. Seems a maaad challenge to me - but I guess he must have an expert with him to look after him.

Going to see him in October or November anyway. Damn - what dates did I book ?!?

Womble

30/07/2009 at 14:05

Dustin

30/07/2009 at 16:07

seen him live, and he's great entertainment, but having walked the pennine way at about 25-30 miles/day, I seriously question whether he can do this. All the best anyway.
I do note he has bag carriers and masseuses with him..

cougie

pirate

30/07/2009 at 16:10

Dustin - I reckon he'll need them !

XFR Bear

30/07/2009 at 17:12

love Eddie's stand up, hope he (erm) can still stand up by the end of it.

Bit of a basic maths fail in the article - 1000 miles in 49 days is surely about 20 a day, not about 30?

Holly_Golightly pirate

pirate

30/07/2009 at 18:26

Been following him on Twitter. I think he's fantastic to even comtemplate it.

(and the 20 / 30 a day - presumably he's having some rest days in there?)

porkyplodder

30/07/2009 at 18:27

wow, that's one hell of a challenge, good luck to him. I'm going to see him in November too, in Cardiff, haven't had my tickets yet though.......

XFR Bear

30/07/2009 at 18:45

good point -suspect you're right Holly

Iron Pingu pirate

pirate

31/07/2009 at 08:51

This thread has reminded me, must buy tickets!

Juliefrazz

31/07/2009 at 17:34

Hurry up PP, I bought mine a couple of months ago (for Birmingham) and they're not such good seats as I'd have liked!

cougie

pirate

31/07/2009 at 17:41

I've not had my tickets yet - I think they're for Salford. Or possibly Manchester ?

Sprint for the line

31/07/2009 at 18:10

Seeing him at the o2

James Joy

04/08/2009 at 14:10

I heard him on Radio 1 this morning. He has to be mental. 5 weeks training to do 1000 miles. I am amazed there is so little publicity for this not seen anything on any of the major news sites. Perhaps they thought it was a joke. My wife did this morning until she Googled it.

Link to blog

Link to twitter blog

Juliefrazz

04/08/2009 at 17:47

I've been trying to find the route he's taking - Can't seem to find anything (I googled and just ended up with a link to a thread on Fetch, asking the same question!), but his Cake or Death website gives the route he's already taken and some other useful links for keeping updated on progress......

Cake or Death

Also a facebook group.......

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