Thu 25 Feb 2021 05.00 EST
It just goes on and on, doesn’t it? Despite the millions of vaccinations, and Boris Johnson’s “roadmap” for easing the lockdown, this pandemic is feeling increasingly like an endurance test – a marathon, followed by another marathon, followed by another. Or trudging for miles and miles across the desert for day after day. Or sailing alone around the world, battling storms and loneliness. How do you keep going? There are people who know a thing or two about that – keeping going, endurance, deserts and storms. Perhaps they might even have some advice.
The marathon runner: Eddie Izzard
Eddie Izzard joined the Chris Evans Breakfast Show with Sky this morning to discuss her fitness feat, bidding to become an MP and her thoughts behind the gender-fluid conversation. The comedian joked to Chris: “I've been out for 35 years, so I've tried to let everyone climatise really slowly."
Friday, December 11, 2020
The iconic comedian and record-breaking runner joined the Chris Evans Breakfast Show with Sky to talk about his next new-look marathon which involves him doing 31 marathons and performing 31 stand up gigs, in 31 countries, in 31 days throughout January 2021. We’re exhausted just thinking about it.
The comic and sporting sensation told Chris: “Covid is here and with us, so I’m going to be running 31 virtual marathons.
“It’s about making humanity great again, raising money for charity… it’s very tricky for people at the moment, linking up with other countries, being positive and helping humanity strive forward.”