Man brags he could run a marathon on 24 hour notice with no training — and proves it

A female signed her hubby up for a marathon pinch 24 hours announcement aft he bragged he could complete 26.2 miles without immoderate training. 

Maisie Todd, 31, put her hubby Logan’s sanction down for nan Rock ‘n’ Roll marathon successful San Diego connected May 31 aft he “kept bringing up” really he could decorativeness nan people pinch nary training. 

Surprising him 24 hours earlier nan large time connected June 1, 2025, Logan, 32, prepped by eating peanut food sandwiches, stretching and drinking tons of water. 

He went connected to decorativeness successful an awesome clip of 5 hours 58 minutes – running nan first 10 miles without a break – pinch supportive Maisie posting regular updates of nan full experience connected societal media. 

Logan, a package engineer, from San Diego, California, US, said: “Being woken up astatine 6am connected a Saturday [with nan surprise] didn’t consciousness good. 

“It was besides breathtaking because I talk a large game, and it was clip to put my money wherever my rima was. 

“Running is decidedly not a passion. 

“I did sports successful precocious schoolhouse but ever since I graduated, I haven’t been very active. 

“I started moving and jogging and did that for astir 10 miles and felt amazingly bully astir it nan full time. 

“I ran into a bunch of group that had seen maine connected TikTok nan time before, and they shouted maine on. 

“I knew I was going to decorativeness truthful it conscionable became a mind crippled of really I was going to get there.”

Maisie planned nan astonishment successful April aft talking pinch friends astir signing Logan up for 1 retired of nan blue. 

Using her sister Sadie Todd’s, 27, computer, she applied connected Logan’s behalf. 

“One of his stipulations was he had to beryllium fixed 24 hours’ announcement and past he could complete it,” she said. 

“I benignant of kept it a concealed betwixt my sister and I.”

Waking Logan astatine 6am nan time before, Maisie collapsed nan news, and nan marathon mentation began. 

Logan said: “I knew that I had to carb load and truthful I went retired and sewage a bunch of worldly we don’t usually person successful for illustration peanut food and bread. 

“I conscionable ate arsenic overmuch arsenic I thought I could. 

“My sister-in-law has tally a marathon, and she group maine pinch a bully backpack I could deterioration to transportation my power gels, and past we went retired and sewage a brace of shoes that looked for illustration they’d do nan occupation for me. 

“That was it really, I conscionable did a fewer stretches and drank tons of water. 

“I sewage astir 2 hours of slumber [the nighttime before]. 

“I was lying location tossing and turning reasoning astir nan business I’d sewage myself into.”

Logan group disconnected astatine 6.45 a.m., pinch Maisie cheering him on. 

She said: “I saw he looked tense and almost felt bad for signing him up. 

“He said ‘don’t consciousness bad I did this to myself’.”

Smashing his extremity of 7 hours, Logan was relieved to decorativeness nan route.

He said: “I felt a small bad astir it because everyone other had trained for months and I was for illustration ‘please don’t beryllium huffy astatine me’.

“The extremity was to get wrong 7 and past I realised, I did nan mathematics astir halfway done and realised I could break six if I wanted to. 

“I didn’t person excessively overmuch emotion [at nan decorativeness line]. 

“My knees wounded and I was focused connected walking. 

“It was ever a nosy hypothetical mobility to inquire group and now it’s been answered. 

“You tin decorativeness a marathon pinch 24 hours’ notice.

“The time aft was not good, everything hurt. 

“Stairs were a problem. 

“I still conscionable kept drinking plentifulness of fluids and stretching arsenic overmuch arsenic I could.”

Maisie has recovered group online “didn’t judge it” erstwhile she shared videos of nan time online. 

She said: “A batch of nan comments person been supportive nevertheless I benignant of wish I had brought it up earlier because it came retired of obscurity and a batch of group didn’t judge it was true. 

“People were commenting saying ‘he looks for illustration he’s successful shape’ and ‘he’s done a marathon before’. 

“I wish much group believed it. 

“Other than that, it’s been really positive, and a batch of group were pursuing along.”

Despite his astonishing achievement, Logan has nary plans to tally immoderate much marathons. 

He said: “I didn’t moreover want to tally that one.

“I deliberation my moving profession started and ended connected Sunday.”