Yesterday I read a Maclean's article about Terry Fox, written by notable Canadian Douglas Coupland. He brought up something I hadn't really thought about.

Terry then ran an average of 42 km (26 miles!) every day for 143 days. Hang on a second -- running a marathon every day for over four months? Yes. You read that correctly. Most people I know who run marathons train for months and then book off days afterwards to recuperate. But to run 143 in a row? I've done some research and have yet to find any human being who ran even 100 in a row. Medically, Terry's feat defies explanation.

That's incredible. I knew he ran a long way and was in much better shape than me, but 143 marathons in a row? Why didn't they explain that in elementary school during the Terry Fox Run every September? Are Canadians just really humble about their national heroes?