kevin carr , 34 , from woolacombe , devon , ran more than a marathon a day every day for almost two years , crossing 26 countries and getting through 16 pairs of shoes to complete the feat .
he began his epic voyage at haytor on dartmoor in july 2013 and returned yesterday after 621 days , one quicker than the previous record , held by australian tom denniss .
mr carr ran across five continents during his epic 621-day challenge beating the previous record by a day .