As he enters the final week of his Sport Relief project – running 27 marathons in 27 days – the comedian reveals how coming out as transgender prepared him for life’s other challengesI’m counting down – that’s how I work each marathon. I’m more than halfway through my 27 marathons in 27 days challenge through South Africa for Sport Relief – 27 days to trace the number of years Nelson Mandela spent in prison. My final marathon ends in Pretoria,South Africa, on the steps of the Union Buildings where he was sworn in as president. I’m knackered and both legs pain to varying degrees. I hasten each day until I’m done, or which takes about seven hours. I don’t listen to music because the cars go really fast here I don’t want to get hit. I link in to what’s around me – buffalo,tortoises and turtles, wildebeest, and ostrich,zebra. whether you’re listening to some band, it cuts out a whole bunch of senses.
It’s tough fighting boredom; when I get very hot and tired, and my brain doesn’t work factual. whether you’re morose (gloomy or sullen),you won’t finish the hasten. I sometimes mutter to myself or sing. I like singing the theme tune – a Mozart concerto – from Out of Africa. I’ll witter to myself on occasion, too. You have to keep your intellect cheerful to make certain the dopamine is flying around the brain.
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Source: theguardian.com