Runner's World (UK)

BY THE NUMBERS DARREN HARDY

35, HAMPSHIRE, RAN FIVE MARATHONS IN 50 HOURS

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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.’

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