A marathon runner has reached halfway in his bid to run a marathon every single day in 2022.

Gary McKee, from Cleator Moor, started his enormous challenge of running 365 consecutive marathons on January 1, 2022, and is hoping to raise £1 million pounds for Macmillan Cancer Support and Hospice at Home West Cumbria.

On Saturday, July 2, Gary finished his 183rd marathon, he completed the run at Bees Bash in St Bees. 

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We caught up with Gary at the event after he'd finished the marathon. He said: "It's just another day of running, I've always said that it's a 365 piece jigsaw and every day is just another piece put in to build up a bigger picture. 

"We're half way there and there's less to do than I've already done but it's still 4,800 miles. To a lot of people they wouldn't know how to comprehend it, but to me it's just one foot in front of the other. 

"There's lots of money coming in now and lots of people are being inspired to do stuff themselves, it's where we needed to be and it's where we wanted to be."

Gary explained that the weather has been on his side this year, with the poor summer weather it has meant that it's been easier when completing the marathons. 

The 53-year-old, who has supported Macmillan for over 18 years, last year completed a gruelling 110 consecutive marathons for his two chosen charities, raising an incredible £200,000.

Gary was inspired to start fundraising for Macmillan after his father was diagnosed with cancer in 1997. His father died from an unrelated illness in 2003.

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Sue McDonald, Macmillan Cancer Support Fundraising Manager said: "Gary always says he takes it ‘just a day at a time’. Well, he’s done that for six months solid now and he has it all to do again until December 31.

"We are all in awe of him and Macmillan Cancer Support is honoured and proud to be supported by Gary as he puts himself through the greatest physical challenge of his life."

Hospice at Home have also commented on Gary's fundraising calling him a hero and saying that they admored his courage and oustanding achievements.