A MAN battling terminal brain cancer could drop dead any minute - but is taking on the Hardest Geezer instead. Iain Ward is doing 52 ultra-marathons in what doctors say will be the last year of his life. The 35-year-old was diagnosed after volunteering to have an MRI scan as part of a medical trial in 2019.
Doctors found he had incurable stage three brain cancer and only gave him until 2025 to live. And in a brave attempt to not let the disease control his life, Iain is now putting his body through extreme challenges to raise money for charity. Next year he will travel to 52 different countries and walk 52 miles in each one - which should take 52 weeks.
Read more in Health He told The Sun: "I often say cancer was the greatest thing that ever happened in my life and in some ways, it was. "If someone had said to me 'Hey I am trying to break a world record for the most money raised for a charity and I'm going to do it this way' I would have jumped at the opportunity. "I would have been like 'Oh my god that is so cool, I would love to be a part of that'.
"But the difference is that I wouldn't have had the - not that I wouldn't have had the urge to myself - but if the idea had popped by in my own mind, I would have thought 'Eh how are you going to do that?'. Most read in Health "So, I wouldn't have had the same amount of confidence." Iain's current challenge is to break the world record for the most money raised for a single marathon, which stands at £2,320,601.
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