The Bournemouth businessman set himself the target of running seven marathons in seven days for seven charities. The remarkable effort began in Paris on Sunday followed by Geneva on Monday, Italy on Tuesday and then Austria yesterday. But he last night ended the quest after carrying a number of leg injuries throughout the marathons. He told the Echo: “I’ve been running through the pain barrier but I’ve had to stop in Austria after 13 miles. See the shocking extent of the damage to Adam s legs and read his day by day blogs here . “I’ve been in agony and I fell over three times because of the condition of my knee.