Marathon effort to race into the record books

Graduate sees Europe by running 1,000 miles in four months

- By Giles Sheldrick Chief Reporter

On track...Angus running in Serbia

SUPER-FIT Angus Read is on course to enter the record books by finishing 40 marathons in 40 European countries in four months.

Itching to travel at the start of the summer, the law graduate hit on a novel plan to see the continent and raise money at the same time.

His mammoth task is set to be completed on December 14.

Angus, 22, from Warwick, began in the sweltering heat of Chisinau, Moldova, on August 20.

Since then has ticked off marathons in Romania, Bulgaria, Greece, North Macedonia, Albania, Montenegro, Serbia, Bosnia, Croatia, Slovenia, Hungary, Slovakia, the Czech Republic and Poland.

To come are courses in Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Finland, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Iceland, Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, France, Monaco, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Austria, Italy, San Marino, Malta, Portugal, Spain, Andorra, Germany, Ireland and UK.