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About Stefaan Engels
- Stefaan Engels (born 7 April 1961, Ghent, Belgium), also known as "marathon man", is a Belgian marathoner and triathlete, the first man to run the marathon distance 365 consecutive times in a single year.
- He also holds the record for the most Ironman Triathlons in a year with 20 over 2007 and 2008. Engels averaged around four hours to complete each marathon with the best time of 2 hours and 56 minutes.
- He ran 15,401 kilometres (9,570 mi) during his marathons over 2010.
- Engels said that a slow pace was the key.
- Before him, the record was held by Ricardo Abad MartÃnez of Spain with 150 marathons in a row in 2009.
- Abad is the current world record holder.Of his feats, Engels described: "I don't regard my marathon year as torture.
- It's more like a regular job...I am running just as Joe Average goes to work on Monday morning, whether or not he feels like it.
- I don't always feel like running, but when I am done, I take a shower, have some physiotherapy for an hour, and that wraps up my day." Growing up Engels had asthma and was instructed to avoid activity.
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