Ben Smith was not short of company when he finished his challenge in October
Michael Lloyd
IT was back in April, while running the Asics Greater Manchester Marathon, that Ben Smith first realised his idea — his mission — was starting to create something special.
Covering the 26.2-mile distance was nothing new to this intrepid 34-year-old – he’d been doing it on a daily basis since he set off on his self-imposed quest at the beginning of September 2015 after all – but he had been largely ploughing a lone furrow and hadn’t been part of a large-scale event for months.