- Elisha Nochomovitz, 32, was supposed to run the Barcelona Marathon on March 15, according to France Bleu.
- But with the event postponed, he decided to get creative, running the whole 26.2-mile distance (42.2 kilometers) on his 7-meter-long balcony in France.
- “The instructions were to stay home, that’s what I did,” Nochomovitz said on Instagram after completing the distance in just under seven hours.
- Watch him running his incredible balcony marathon below.
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With France on lockdown amid the coronavirus pandemic, Elisha Nochomovitz, 32, decided to get creative in his attempts to keep fit, running a marathon on his tiny 7-meter balcony.
According to France Bleu, Nochomovitz, who lives in the city of Toulouse, had signed up to run the Barcelona Marathon on March 15, but the event was postponed.
Not wanting to waste his training, Nochomovitz ran the distance anyway – just at home instead – completing the 26.2 miles, or 42.2 kilometers, by running up and down his balcony while his girlfriend fed him M&Ms to keep going, according to The Guardian.
He completed the distance in six hours, 48 minutes, reports HuffPost Canada.
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"I had the opportunity to go out to run around [outside] the house, but if everyone thinks the same we would have been out there," he said in an Instagram post.
"The instructions were to stay home, that's what I did. Just to show you that we have no excuses, and please think of all those caregivers who are on the front line in the face of this virus."
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France has 16,257 reported cases of COVID-19, with 676 deaths, according to Johns Hopkins University.
Nochomovitz is not the first person to turn to running at home to stay fit amid the coronavirus outbreak. In early February, Pan Shancu, a Chinese medicine health therapist from Hangzhou, ran 31 miles in his own apartment. He managed to complete 6,250 laps around his apartment in just under five hours.
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