Posted on 29 October 2010. Tags: 7 continents, 7 days, 7 marathons, africa, antartica, asia, australia, cairo, chile, egypt, europe, falklands, london, los angeles, marie-louise stenild, north america, running, santiago, singabpore, south america, stadium to sea course, sydney
English marathon runner Marie-Louise Stenild will attempt to gain entry into the Guinness Book of World Records this week as she aims to run 7 marathons on 7 continents in 7 days.
If she can pull off the feat she would be the first woman ever to do so.
The effort is also raising money for the Adam Rogers Trust, named for a 13-year-old who did of a brain tumor.
She plans to run the L.A. Marathon ‘Stadium to Sea’ course on Monday in Los Angeles.
Here is a look at the locations and dates where she plans to pull this off:
| Falklands (Antarctica): |
30 October 2010 |
| Santiago, Chile (South America): |
31 October 2010 |
| Los Angeles, USA (North America): |
1 November 2010 |
| Sydney, Australia: |
3 November 2010 |
| Singapore (Asia): |
3/4 November 2010 (night run) |
| Cairo, Egypt (Africa): |
4/5 November 2010 (night run) |
| London, UK (Europe): |
5 November 2010 |
Best of luck to Marie-Louise on this remarkable challenge.
View Marie-Louise’s Website
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Brilliant effort. I hope and pray she makes history.
We are waiting here in Sydney I am personally going to pick her up at the airport I am not in the Physical condition to run a marathon But I will run with her 14 Km I am so Excited I cant tell you