The Madman The Marathoner

On February 5, 2017, Don McNelly passed away. During his lifetime he ran in 713 marathons. The normal marathoner runs in two marathons per year. To match Don, a marathoner would have to run fifty-nine years doing one marathon per month!

Don McNelly is the world record holder for the number of marathons completed over the age of eighty. In 1969, he began his long-distance running career in an effort to lose weight after a college friend died of a heart attack. Since then, Don has run in every state and every province in Canada. And true to the meaning of his name 'ruler of the world', he has run in France, England, Germany, Portugal, Thailand, Holland, Italy, Argentina, Antarctica, Norway, Mexico, and Japan. In one year alone he completed twenty-seven marathons! In honor of his life this book, originally produced in 2017 has been updated as a final goodbye to a wonderful man.