The Triple Marathon is part of the fundraising program of The Rainforest Foundation. Individuals or teams can sign up to run 3 international marathons in a year. Flight, hotel and race entry fees are covered by the charity in return for a minimum level of sponsorship.
The 3 suggested marathons are Thai Temples, London and New York, but these may be amended if the runner(s) have a desire to enter a particular race.
Also: Julian McGrath's triple marathon challenge.
Julian McGrath, from County Antrim, Northern Ireland completed three marathons in only five weeks to raise funds for two cancer charities: Pancreatic Cancer UK & Friends of the Cancer Centre, Belfast. The three marathons, in 2011, were London, Belfast & Edinburgh.
Famous quotes containing the words triple and/or marathon:
“And we fairies, that do run
By the triple Hecate’s team
From the presence of the sun,
Following darkness like a dream,
Now are frolic. Not a mouse
Shall disturb this hallowed house.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
“The mountains look on Marathon—
And Marathon looks on the sea;
And musing there an hour alone,
I dreamed that Greece might still be free;
For standing on the Persians’ grave,
I could not deem myself a slave.”
—George Gordon Noel Byron (1788–1824)