But after running 43 marathons in 51 days, he doesn’t mind a bit. Eddie Izzard crosses the finish line in London's Trafalgar Square after completing the equivalent of 43 marathons in 51 days. The transvestite comedian whose epic 1,105-mile journey raised £200,000 for Sport Relief has finally hung up his trainers.nyone can do it.’. That, however, is debatable. Izzard clocked up more than 27 miles – further than a marathon – every day, six days a week, since he set off on July 26. The man who trained for only five weeks before his Herculean effort found things became much easier once he hit the road.