Ricardo Abad is one of the most popular and richest Athletics Competitor who was born on January 8, 1971 in Tafalla, Spain.
He is famous for executing the project “500 marathons in 500 days”, in which he completed 500 marathons in 500 consecutive days. He started on the 1st of October 2010 and finished on February 12, 2012. He ran at least one marathon in every one of the 50 provinces of Spain. Abad sold each of the 21,000 km he ran at the rate of one euro each and donated the money to ANFAS, a Spanish organization that works in favour of people with intellectual disabilities.
In 2012 he has been nominated for the Prince of Asturias Awards, as he already was in 2009.
