‘Pushing the limits’: Mass. man to run 7 marathons in 7 days to help Make-A-Wish foundation

running one Marathon grueling so can you imagine running seven races on seven different continents in just seven days sounds crazy but that is just what a man from Grafton is going to do in just a few weeks Bill Murphy who is one of just 60 participants who was selected to run in the great world race if Bill Murphy looks like a middle-aged mortgage broker well that's because he is one he's also a very determined marathon runner the great world race is seven continents seven marathons in seven days suffice it to say this won't be like running in worcesters Lake Park with his dog cisley it's going to be challenging after Marathon 1 or two you're going to be tired you're going to start feeling things your body is going to change you know they even told us to bring an you know uh one size up pair of shoes just because of the swelling here is how the great world race covers seven continents in seven days it starts at wolves Fang in Antarctica the next stop is Cape Town in South Africa followed by per Australia then there will be a multi-loop course which will cover Istanbul on its Asian and European sides the runners will fly across the Atlantic Ocean to cardia in South America then it's off to North America and Miami the final stop of the race I hope we raised a lot of awareness I hope we've impacted a lot of people to go out and do some things for themselves you know whether it's to push their own limits to do it for greater good for Murphy that means raising money for the make A- Wish Foundation of Massachusetts and Rhode Island it's a cause he supported for years including running the Boston Marathon on its behalf I'm just seeing these kids with with you know critical illnesses and you know what the magic of a wish does for them and gives them hope gives their family hope on what's to come Murphy hopes to raise $50,000 for make a wish and it's money they can use just in this region 600 children are on a waiting list for a wish and the average cost to fulfill one is $112,000 if I wasn't doing it for charity I I probably wouldn't do it you know it's just one of those things that it's just the why the meaning the purpose means more than than actually doing this endeavor Murphy wrote a book on overcoming adversity it's something he'll be thinking about for the children and for himself and there's a lot of um world-class athletes that are actually doing this and you know I don't consider myself that I just I'm just going to grind and put the work and just show up and and do the best I can pretty remarkable Katherine and I were just talking about Mega marathoning for us it would be 26 miles 2 over 26 days a mile a day mile a day I could do that