Quick off the Mark for record - Shrewsbury man bids to run 400 marathons in 365 days
A world record-breaking marathon runner has chosen to support an adoption charity as he bids to become the first man to complete 400 marathons in a year.
Mark Vaz, 32, who grew up on Shrewsbury's Telford Estate, almost doubled the previous world record of 52 consecutive marathons when he completed his 90th marathon in as many days on October 4 this year.
Posted by Running Vision on Thursday, 10 December 2015
Mr Vaz is now hoping to enter the record books again, this time by running 400 marathons in 365 days – more than one marathon a day.
The current record is 239 marathons in a year.
To put his challenge into context, Mr Vaz aims to run a total of 10,488 miles, almost the same distance as flying from London to Sydney, Australia – 10,553 miles. The personal trainer from Penkridge decided to represent Adoption UK as his charity of choice as he was adopted himself.
Mark said: "My brother and I were both adopted so adoptive parents are an inspiration for me.
"We both owe a lot to our adoptive parents as we've been very fortunate. I don't know what my life would have been like if I'd stayed in care."
