Here is one competitor that we notice on the marathon it is difficult to be more atypical
And when you spend 10 minutes to talk with him, you discover somebody fascinating, animated by the sense of humor and the will in a equal way...
To begin some information: Jacobus of its first name, measure 1,83 m. and weighs 137 kg. And here he is volunteer, in the marathon known of being the most exhausting, the hardest of moment!
He tells his story, with this British eccentricity which masks a big modesty.
"I like the extreme sports. For my 40 years, I tried to mark a big blow, knowing that whatever I’ll make, it would pass for "a temporary crisis of the forty’s "Then , what about making something really crazy. Two days after this decision, I see a report on television about the MDS
I say to myself, that's it my kiki, you found what to do for your 40’s. The English team being complete, I join the Korean team.
-how many are you?
-There is just me, I am the only one... "
It was nine months ago.
There begin the training of the one who qualifies himself of a "coach potato" who practiced no sport at all, and no physical activity...
During the weekend, he trains to stay on his foot and to move, to walk on a difficult ground during 6 to 8 hours a day to accustom his body to these new efforts. He walks 16,20 km, " starts " for this new adventure.
He wants to quote "LIKEY", fan and big expert of extreme marathons, who opened a shop and give him advices:
"To succeed: 15 % depends on your physical condition
30 % depends of the system and the strategy of life that you’ll set up during the marathon
The rest, it is in your head
He looks at me, smiles and says: I count on the 15 % of my physical condition!
In the life, Jacobus is an inventor...You can’t invent it?...!
In Birmingham, where he lives, he decided to raise 10 000 pounds for Mozambique and Zimbabwe’s children Jacobus is a South Africa native, he knows the living conditions over there, he wants to fight for those who have nothing ".
A lot of people around him support him.
Today, the day before the departure, Jacobus is well-determined to think of nothing and to live the present moment "There, I cross the dune, and that’s it", otherwise, it is too much for him.
He although took in his bag his stock of cigarettes, he smokes 40 cigarettes a day.
By the time of leaving t he says to me: "generally, fat persons, consider themselves as worthless and without big capacity. If I can manage to make this marathon, fat persons will know, that it is possible, and that they are able too "
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