I think i may have missed the point slightly with Eddie Izzard's ridiculously impressive feat of running 43 marathons in 51 days. BBC3 showed something earlier on and what started off as something just on in the background became something I was quite engrossed in.
Obviously the show needed a bit of drama, so there was constant narration about how Eddie just might not manage it. Perhaps he would only manage 37 marathons before his legs could no longer sustain his mad ideas. God forbid. I'm sure nobody would really have viewed it as anything close to a failure if he had needed to jack it in.
How the fuck do you manage something like that, anyway? 43 marathons in 51 days!? My main problem from watching it was that I was so impressed by Izzard that it stopped being about Sport Relief and more about him being awesome. It actually got to the point where I resented the fact that any donations were going to starving children rather than Izzard himself, because god knows he's earned it. How messed up is that!?
Obviously the show needed a bit of drama, so there was constant narration about how Eddie just might not manage it. Perhaps he would only manage 37 marathons before his legs could no longer sustain his mad ideas. God forbid. I'm sure nobody would really have viewed it as anything close to a failure if he had needed to jack it in.
How the fuck do you manage something like that, anyway? 43 marathons in 51 days!? My main problem from watching it was that I was so impressed by Izzard that it stopped being about Sport Relief and more about him being awesome. It actually got to the point where I resented the fact that any donations were going to starving children rather than Izzard himself, because god knows he's earned it. How messed up is that!?
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spamtwo:
He's completly mad, but you have to admire him for doing what he did.
sticks:
This makes me less inclined to winge about walking home from work.