Live | An Englishman ran 365 marathons in 365 days to fight cancer in 2022.

In the final hours of 2022, a Briton has achieved the insane goal he set for the year: to run 365 marathons in 365 days to raise £1 million for the fight against cancer.

Gary McGee, 53, who ran 15,330 kilometers in the winter rain this year in his 365th marathon of the year, was greeted by a small crowd of supporters not far from his home.

But the father-of-three, who lives in Claytor Moor in north-west England, didn’t reach his financial goal until a few hours later when he reached a million pounds (1.13 million euros). Macmillan Cancer Support Society. The counter went up again on Sunday.

“wow” he tweeted on Saturday night.

Gary McGee isn’t on his first challenge in support of charity: he’s already cycled across Brazil, climbed Kilimanjaro and rowed the equivalent of the English Channel. He ran 100 marathons in 100 days in 2017 and then 110 marathons in 110 days in 2021.

This year has significantly increased the demand for 22 pairs of sneakers. When he runs, often in the morning before working in the afternoon at a nuclear waste treatment plant, he is joined by many anonymous individuals or even athletes such as English rugby coach Kevin Sinfield.

“The streets were full of people, it was raining, but everyone was cheering and shouting”He welcomed the 365th marathon visit of the year to the BBC. “I’ll always remember that”.

He told specialist site runnersworld.com that he wasn’t interested in singling out his feat as a record: “Helping people is important, not records”.