A Newham man believes he has broken a world record for the most amount of marathons run consecutively by a male.
On Saturday (February 18), Aaron Robinson and his border collies, Inca and River, completed their 63rd marathon in 63 days.
If confirmed by Guinness World Records, this would set a new official consecutive marathon record for a male, up from the previous one of 62 marathons.
Aaron said the marathons are "hard work", adding: "It's quite hard to get enough sleep, get enough calories in and then go to work afterwards... you don't really recover 100 per cent before you start the next one."
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Aaron said each marathon takes him about five hours.
He has been waking up at 3am each day to run around Wanstead Park, Wanstead Flats and Epping Forest before work.
He has also set up a fundraiser for the charity he works at, Hope For Justice, which aims to end human trafficking and modern slavery.
Aaron continued: "It is tough, but what I think about a lot is I can stop this at any time.
"The victims of modern slavery and human trafficking - they can't run away.
"They sometimes have their passports stolen, they're threatened, they're beaten.
"So I can say, 'actually it's really hard to run them', but it's nothing compared to what they're going through so that... keeps it in perspective."
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According to Guinness World Records, the most consecutive days to run a marathon distance by a male was achieved by Vishak Krishnaswamy.
Vishak, aged 62, ran the marathons from September 1 to November 1, 2022 in Maharashtra, India.
A spokesperson for Guinness World Records said: "We look forward to receiving evidence from the attempt for our records management team to review."
Aaron hopes to continue to run a marathon every day for as long as he can with his two pups.
He added: "It's a good bonding thing.
"Because border collies are working dogs, if they weren't pets they would be used to working on a farm all day so they're very used to running and working hard and actually the cruel thing is just to keep them inside.
"They love it - it's basically a five hour walk for them.
"It's a good time to bond and spend some time with your dogs because when you get back they still want to play - they just don't get tired."
You can donate to Aaron's fundraiser here: www.justgiving.com/page/mycrazycollies.
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