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San Francisco Runner Close to Doing 7 Marathons on 7 Continents in 7 Days

Through snow, rain and jetlag, a San Francisco man is one race away from completing seven marathons in seven days on seven continents.

Thirty-one-year old Tim Durbin is the only American competing in the World Marathon Challenge that started last Saturday and ends in Sydney, Australia on Friday morning local time.

So far, he's run six marathons: in Antarctica, Chile, Miami, Madrid, Morocco and Dubai.

Durbin is averaging about 5 hours for each of the six 26.2-mile marathons.

Durbin said in an email that the Morocco marathon was the toughest. It started less than 7 hours after he completed the race in Spain.

The other competitors are from Brazil, India, Great Britain, Hong Kong, France, Finland and Australia.

Eleven of the participants have run the North Pole Marathon or Anatartcic Ice Marathon, the northernmost and southernmost marathons on earth.

To follow Durbin's journey, visit his blog.

 

Leaving on a jet plane (for Antarctica)! Don't know when I'll be back again...

A photo posted by Tim Durbin (@24901experiences) on Jan 14, 2015 at 2:32am PST

 

A quick hello from the southern side of the world! #running #Chile

A video posted by Tim Durbin (@24901experiences) on Jan 12, 2015 at 7:26am PST

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