One chef and restaurant owner in Portsmouth was supposed to participate in his first Boston Marathon on Monday, in a way, he still did.>> Download the free WMUR appMatt Louis honored his Boston Marathon starting time, hitting the treadmill at 11:13 a.m. >> COVID-19 in New Hampshire: What you need to knowThe chef and owner of four Portsmouth restaurants cooked up the idea of mimicking the course to raise money for his out-of-work employees. “I actually have an auto-immune disease myself and I was at the hospital,” Louis said. “I have to get these blood infusions for it and I was at the hospital getting these blood infusions for it and I was kind of down when everything happened.”Louis came up with the idea of running the marathon on a treadmill. He shared the feat live on Facebook and to his surprise employees showed up outside to cheer him on. Louis raised about $20,000, with a time of 3 hours and 32 minutes on the treadmill. “It’s really humbling that so many people reached out to be part of that and donated at a time where everybody I know is struggling,” Louis said. Louis plans to return to the real route in September.

One chef and restaurant owner in Portsmouth was supposed to participate in his first Boston Marathon on Monday, in a way, he still did.

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Matt Louis honored his Boston Marathon starting time, hitting the treadmill at 11:13 a.m.

>> COVID-19 in New Hampshire: What you need to know

The chef and owner of four Portsmouth restaurants cooked up the idea of mimicking the course to raise money for his out-of-work employees.

“I actually have an auto-immune disease myself and I was at the hospital,” Louis said. “I have to get these blood infusions for it and I was at the hospital getting these blood infusions for it and I was kind of down when everything happened.”

Louis came up with the idea of running the marathon on a treadmill. He shared the feat live on Facebook and to his surprise employees showed up outside to cheer him on.

Louis raised about $20,000, with a time of 3 hours and 32 minutes on the treadmill.

“It’s really humbling that so many people reached out to be part of that and donated at a time where everybody I know is struggling,” Louis said.

Louis plans to return to the real route in September.