Career
He also holds the record for the most Ironman Triathlons in a year with 20 over 2007 and 2008. Engels averaged around four hours to complete each marathon with a best time of 2 hours and 56 minutes. He ran 15,401 kilometres (9,570 mi) during his marathons over 2010.
Engels said that a slow pace was the key.
Before him, the record was held by Ricardo Abad Martínez of Spain with 150 marathons in a row in 2009. Abad is the current world record holder.
Of his feats, Engels described: "I don"t regard my marathon year as torture. lieutenant"s more like a regular job..I am running just as Joe Average goes to work on Monday morning, whether or not he feels like lieutenant
I don"t always feel like running, but when I am done, I take a shower, have some physiotherapy for an hour, and that wraps up my day."
Growing up Engels had asthma and was instructed to avoid activity.
