Join Eddie Izzard as she runs 31 marathons in 31 days

Why do all the freaks of nature need or demand so much undeserved attention?

literally nobody cares

This is letsrun not letsjog. Notice how there isn't a thread for "most marathons run dressed as a pirate?" No one cares.

ya..... wrote:

This is letsrun not letsjog. Notice how there isn't a thread for "most marathons run dressed as a pirate?" No one cares.

You might be missing something here.

'she'? FFS I really hate this century now. Gender fluid? Can I say FFS again?

Most guys running 31 in 31 would spontaneously turn female after their junk chafed away.

Does Eddie have boobs now? Is that part of the challenge? I imagine if after a lifetime of running without boobs you had to now run 31 marathons in 31 days with boobs that would really add an extra challenge/pain - low back pain, chaffing, etc. Oh the humanity.

Where are these 31 marathons being held? Certified courses? All in the UK?

Oh . . . she means she is running 42+/-km each day in January? That is not a marathon. That is simply a measurement of distance . . . but not a marathon.

She is running on Zwift. Very slowly, but running.

We can’t be having another guy pretending to be a woman running another record attempt. Please stop this madness. Besides 31 marathons distances consecutively isn’t a big deal and hasn’t been for many years.

Wake us up if “she” does something impressive like running 100 miles everyday for a month

Besides...Izzard has already done 43 marathons in 51 days around UK without any previous running training, in 2009, then 27 marathons in 27 days in South Africa in 2016 , bot as a man in a man's body.

Now he is attempting 31 in 31 days as a 'female' but still in a man's body.

What is actually the new achievement here, other than publicity?

There is absolutely an issue about maintaining a protected category of women's sport to ensure access for all....

but she's not a competitive runner. She's a charity raising phenom and one of the greatest comics this country has produced in the last few decades. If she wants to be called she, so be it.

People should be able to do what they want, in so far as it doesn't hurt anyone else.

UKresi wrote:

There is absolutely an issue about maintaining a protected category of women's sport to ensure access for all....

but she's not a competitive runner. She's a charity raising phenom and one of the greatest comics this country has produced in the last few decades. If she wants to be called she, so be it.

People should be able to do what they want, in so far as it doesn't hurt anyone else.

Seems reasonable, I agree.

I listened to a podcast recently where Eddie described going back & forth from "boy mode" to "girl mode" several times each week or month for many years. Eddie said that she finally made the decision to go permanently into "girl mode".

Great comic, dedicated charity raiser. Doesn't seem to be hurting anybody.

Apparently Eddie does these running stints with little or no training. Just starts and then guts it out.

Track & field and LDR shouldn't have biological males competing in women's events, but like the previous poster said, Eddie isn't competing. So, go Eddie!

Hi Eddie!

How much is Zwift paying you for this charity event?

Haven’t there been several UK charity runners outed on LRC as scammers? Maybe Eddie will be the real deal. We’ve even seen treadmill a cheater but that would not look good for Zwift.

How did I get here? wrote:

Hi Eddie!

How much is Zwift paying you for this charity event?

Haven’t there been several UK charity runners outed on LRC as scammers? Maybe Eddie will be the real deal. We’ve even seen treadmill a cheater but that would not look good for Zwift.

Yeah, Eddie Izzard is posting on Letsrun.

You know we're talking about a very famous and no doubt incredibly rich person here.

She's not just a random charity scammer.

I have 2 issues with that article, firstly that he wants people to use 'she' and people are obeying with this such as the author of that article. And secondly and most severe is the use of the word 'run' for these charity stunts. Its a fast walk and no more. Nothing against him doing this, and covering that distance even walking for 31 days is hard and its no doubt for a good cause, but falsely claiming he will be running is down right wrong and absolutely infuriates me.

MoFaaaaaaraaah wrote:

I have 2 issues with that article, firstly that he wants people to use 'she' and people are obeying with this such as the author of that article. And secondly and most severe is the use of the word 'run' for these charity stunts. Its a fast walk and no more. Nothing against him doing this, and covering that distance even walking for 31 days is hard and its no doubt for a good cause, but falsely claiming he will be running is down right wrong and absolutely infuriates me.

Stop censoring trans identities. We will continue to use 'she' whether you like it or not. The author doesn't have to use words that you agree with.

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