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China's Chen finishes half of bid to run 100 marathons in 100 days

Xinhua, May 22, 2015 Adjust font size:

China's first international ultra-marathon champion Chen Penbin on Thursday finished his 50th straight marathon and half of his 100-marathon-in-100-day campaign.

The 37-year-old started his journey from Guangzhou on April 2 and is expected to complete 100 in Beijing on July 10.

Chen ran 100km in South Pole in 2014, becoming the first runner to compete in ultra-marathon in all seven continents. Endi