Believe it or not– Joe Strummer actually ran the Paris & London marathons. “I didn’t fuckin’ train. Not once. Just turned up and did it,” Strummer said. His keep-fit regime for success– “Drink 10 pints of beer the night before the race. Ya got that? And don’t run a single step at least 4 weeks before the race.” Got it, Joe…

The dodgy supermarket tabloid The Sun sponsored the 1983 London Marathon in which Joe Strummer claimed to have finished with a time of 26.2 miles in 4 hours, 13 minutes. Quite respectable, if true.

Well… Joe Strummer and girlfriend Gaby Salter kinda ran the 1982 Paris Marathon… sorta. Gaby did not finish the race, and they weren’t really officially registered. But who really gives a fuck.