Meet the Mega Marathoners: How an elite group of endurance athletes have run thousands of marathons - each!

As Steve Edwards closes in on 1,000 marathons, Running Tales looks at the marathoners who have already reached that target and how counting races is a complex art

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There is a list for everything these days.

But there can be few which outline the capability of human endurance more profoundly than the Mega Marathon List.

Having completed a remarkable 978 marathons and ultra marathons, Steve Edwards sits in 50th place on the Mega Marathon List

It ranks those runners who have completed a combination of at least 300 marathons and ultra marathons.

According to the Mega Marathon website, the lists’ members “represent a mere 0.0000000427% of the people on this planet”.

Among its members, 49 runners have completed an astounding 1,000 or more marathons/ultras.