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Bust one Guinness World Record? Try six. In 24 hours. That’s what Calgary do-gooders with a knack for legging it are gunning for.

Go big or go home, right? This May at the Scotiabank Calgary Marathon Health and Wellness Expo, attendees will see more than two dozen men and women running to raise funds and attention for mitochondrial disease.

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“Everybody has to come in to pick up their (Calgary Marathon) race packages, and we thought if we were set up there during the Expo we’d have about 20,000 people who are going to filter through,” MitoCanada co-founder Blaine Penny said. “They’re all going to walk by and see a bunch of crazy folks running on treadmills. They’re going to learn something about the disease and what we’re doing, and hopefully want to support the cause as well.”

Some of the participants will run in the marathon the next day, because they’re suckers for punishment, Penny said.

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The idea started with ultra-marathoner Dave Proctor looking to break records for most kilometres run over 12 hours and 24 hours, Penny said. Soon after, Arielle Fitzgerald was on board to chase the record for the fastest 50 and 100 kilometres on a treadmill. And two teams — one a dozen men and the other a dozen women — will try to run down the records for most kilometres on a treadmill in 24 hours.