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"At 47 years old, Martin Parnell wasn't in running shape. Now, 10 years later, he's completed an astonishing 250 marathons in one year, set four Guinness World Records and, in March of 2014, returned from Kilimanjaro after running a marathon and, three days later, summiting the mountain in 21 hours. In 2010 Martin ran 250 marathons and raised $320,000 for the international children's charity Right To Play. At the end of 2014, he completed his ""Quests for Kids"" initiative (detailed in his first book, Marathon Quest), which was designed to see Martin complete 10 extreme sporting quests in five years, raise $1,000,000 for Right To Play, and therefore change the lives of 20,000 of the world's most disadvantaged children. Quests for Kids details Martin's struggle to maintain his level of physical fitness and mental determination in order to complete his goal to help children around the world through the power of sport."

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"Martin Parnell emigrated to Canada from England in 1977. At the age of 47, he started running and has since completed numerous marathons, triathlons and ultra-marathons. Since wrapping up ""Marathon Quest 250"" in 2010, Martin completed ""Netball Quest 61,"" setting a Guinness World Record for the longest marathon playing netball (61 hours), raising $22,600 for Right to Play and helping 452 children. In 2012, he completed ""Lacrosse Quest 24"" (a Guinness World Record attempt at 24 hours of marathon lacrosse playing); ""Cook Island Quest 100"" (a 100 km ultra-marathon around Rarotonga Island) and ""Soccer Quest 42"" (a Guinness World Record attempt at 42 hours of continuous soccer playing). Martin is married, has three children and two grandchildren. He and his wife, Sue, live in Cochrane, Alberta, Canada."

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