Louisville native Kelly Flowers attempting to run 7 marathons on 7 continents in 7 days

Louisville native Kelly Flowers attempting to run 7 marathons on 7 continents in 7 days kenny flowers Advertisement Updated: 5:49 PM EST Nov 12, 2026 Editorial Standards ⓘ Kent Taylor Sports Anchor Louisville native Kelly Flowers attempting to run 7 marathons on 7 continents in 7 days Updated: 5:49 PM EST Nov 12, 2026 Editorial Standards ⓘ Kent Taylor Sports Anchor "I had this idea that the motivation would be great with doing the seven, seven, seven at 70 years old," Kelly Flowers said. The Louisville native is about to embark on his biggest adventure yet. The Great World Race includes seven marathons in seven days on seven continents. Advertisement "183 miles in 168 hours," Flowers added. "Nobody has experienced what this will be like and what we're asking of our bodies with this challenge." Flowers has already run 18 marathons. He's run a marathon on seven different continents, but the 70 year old hasn't attempted anything quite like this. The Great World Race begins in Antarctica, then Cape Town, Africa, Perth, Australia, Singapore in Asia, Portugal in Europe, Cartagena in South America and finishing up in Miami. "I recently found out that I would be the oldest to complete it if I could complete it and combining it with a fundraising cause," he said. Flowers was inspired to fundraise by his experience in the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing. "I have raised over $300,000 for, 90 something percent has been connected to bombing victims causes," he said. He has run to raise funds for seven different charities and is combining each with a different marathon. The Heather Abbott Foundation is one. It helps amputees afford the proper prosthetics. "My fundraising page is on givengain.com ," he explained. "You just go to explore, you can search Kelly Flowers for my personal fundraising, so I'm trying to incorporate that with this craziness that I'm doing." In total, 292 people have completed the Great World Race. This year, there are around 60 slated to start, from about a dozen different countries. You can contribute to the fundraiser here . Make WLWT a preferred source on Google Add Preferred Source Share Infinite Scroll Enabled Top Picks Anthony Clark, a comedian and actor who starred on 'Yes, Dear,' dies WATCH: Baby bear captured on Ring camera 'ding-dong ditching' home at 2 a.m. Teen who has autism found alive after missing for nearly a week in the Australian woodlands Microsoft confirms Outlook outage affecting users worldwide