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Ricardo Abad Martínez (Tafalla, January 8, 1971) is a Spanish ultrarunner.〔 (【引用サイトリンク】 title=Marathon Man from Tafalla )〕 He holds the world record for consecutive marathons run on consecutive days, 607.〔 (【引用サイトリンク】 title=Ricardo Abad breaks guinness record )〕 He is famous for executing the project "500 marathons in 500 days", in which he completed 500 marathons in 500 consecutive days. He started on the 1st of October 2010 and finished on February 12, 2012.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=500 marathons in 500 days )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=RICARDO ABAD WILL BE IN LA MARATO DE BARCELONA )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Ricardo Abad alcanza los 350 maratones )〕 He ran at least one marathon in every one of the 50 provinces of Spain. Abad ''sold'' each of the 21,000 km he ran at the rate of one euro each and donated the money to ANFAS, a Spanish organization that works in favour of people with intellectual disabilities. Ricardo broke the world record for consecutive marathons (366) on the 1st of October 2011 in Madrid. Before him, the record was held by the Belgian Stefaan Engels (365). And before Engels, the record was held by Ricardo Abad with 150 marathons in a row in 2009.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Seres sobrehumanos )〕 After breaking the record he went on to complete 500 marathons in Barcelona on February 12, 2012. The day after that he announced that he wanted to double the number and would continue running for another 500 days to complete 1000 marathons in 500 days. He set May 22, 2012 as the deadline to find the necessary funding for the project, which included running a marathon in every continent in the world. Finally, after failing to find financing, he abandoned the project on 29 May 2012 after 607 marathons, that is the current world record. Ricardo run all this marathons in a row although he works in a factory 8 hours per day in shifts: week during the mornings, another during the evening and another during the night. When he worked in the morning or at night, he'd run in the afternoon. When he worked at the evening, he runs during the morning. Because of this, sometimes he run two marathons in less than 12 hours.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Ricardo Abad se lanza a por los 500 maratones )〕 In 2012 he has been nominated for the Prince of Asturias Awards, as he already was in 2009. == Challenges == Among the most important challenges Ricardo Abad has completed are: * 150 marathons in 150 consecutive days (2009).〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=150 Marathons )〕 * Caring peninsula (''Peninsula Solidaria''): Ricardo covered the Spanish perimeter in multiple stages in two phases. The first part started in September 2009 and ended in Motril. The second part started the 1st of May 2010. Many runners joined him for some kilometers along the way.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Peninsula Solidaria )〕 * 500 marathons in 500 days. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ricardo Abad」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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