{"id":2995,"date":"2017-02-10T10:49:10","date_gmt":"2017-02-10T10:49:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/club.runthrough.co.uk\/?p=2995"},"modified":"2021-10-19T05:37:45","modified_gmt":"2021-10-19T05:37:45","slug":"runner-feature-robs-777-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/club.runthrough.co.uk\/runner-feature-robs-777-challenge\/","title":{"rendered":"Runner Feature – Rob’s 777 Challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Rob Bell took part in our Victoria Park Half Marathon back in January as part of his preparation for the 2017 London Marathon. He set his marathon PB last year; an impressive 2:45, and is planning to hit sub 3 hours again this year. Rob is very familiar with running marathons<\/strong><\/a> after taking on an incredible challenge in 2015….<\/p>\n “In retrospect I wouldn’t have done it. I wouldn’t do it again”.<\/em><\/p>\n Starting in Antarctica<\/strong>, we moved on to southern Chile<\/strong>, to Houston<\/strong> in Texas, to London<\/strong>, to Cairo<\/strong>, Singapore<\/strong> and finally Sydney<\/strong> – running through a temperature range of -10C in Antarctica up to a blistering +35C degrees in Sydney.<\/p>\n It took us a whole year to plan all the logistics and put in enough training. The running itself was of course a huge challenge but having any sleep confined to the few hours we caught on planes between locations added a whole new element. And I like my sleep.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n