A 103-year-old retired Belgian doctor is walking a marathon around his garden in daily stages to raise money for research for a new vaccine
Alfons Leempoels, a retired general practitioner, started his 42.2 km journey in the municipality of Rotselaar, north-east of Brussels, on June 1 and plans to complete it on June 30.
Leempoels said the idea came to him when he saw World War Two veteran Tom Moore, 100, strike a chord in Britain by raising the equivalent of more than $40 million for the country’s health service by walking around his garden. “So they suggested that maybe I should do something. My granddaughter had just run a marathon and as a joke I said: I will run a marathon.”
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