A marathon a day for one year: charity and his dogs drive runner to milestone
The Guardian|December 18, 2023
Aaron Robinson passed something of a milestone yesterday – 26 milestones to be precise – as he and his border collies, River and Inca, completed their 365th marathon in 365 days.
Carolime Davies
A marathon a day for one year: charity and his dogs drive runner to milestone

Every morning, for exactly one year now, the charity worker has left his east London home to set out on his lonely marathons, all before a full day’s work.

“It was good today. Very muddy. But I had about 30 people running with me today, which was fantastic, especially as I usually run alone. I never thought I would get this far, so it’s a great achievement. And it just inspires me to keep on going,” he said.

Yes. One year is not enough for the 41-year-old, who is raising money through his mycrazycollies social media platforms for Hope for Justice, the anti-human trafficking, anti-modern slavery charity where he is international communications manager.

Today, Robinson will do it again – with his eyes firmly set on breaking the unofficial record of 607 runs in 607 days set 10 years ago.

Yesterday being Sunday, he allowed himself a little lie-in. But his daily routine goes thus: “I get up at 3 am to start running at 4 am. It takes around five hours. Then I start work, finish work at 6.30 pm, go to bed at 7 pm, get up at 3 am, and do the whole thing again.

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