BY THE NUMBERS DARREN HARDY
35, HAMPSHIRE, RAN FIVE MARATHONS IN 50 HOURS
DARREN HARDY is not a man given to relaxing. The former soldier, who is from Antrim, Northern Ireland, has paddleboarded from the east coast of Scotland to the west coast, completed 10 Ironman triathlons in 10 days and run 112 miles in 37.5 hours on a treadmill. But his recent challenge – five marathons in 50 hours – had added meaning. When he saw a picture of Aggie Candy-Waters, a schoolgirl with the rare genetic disorder H-abc, which affects the brain, he was compelled to help. ‘My daughters are two and four, and they enjoy all the things I know Aggie used to,’ he says. ‘I immediately got in touch with her parents and asked how I could help.’