Marathon Man grinds to a halt with leg injury Motivated by the abuse he suffered at the hands of his father during childhood, he set out to help prevent others suffering a similar fate, and to help those who already had. From 3am to 7am, he has been completing his daily marathons in Richmond Park, before heading into work to do his job managing a specialist car parts company. At weekends he has been travelling around the country, running various official marathons. But his latest Twitter update features a picture of his left leg strapped up with a support around it, accompanied by the caption: "MRI not good." His friend Ali Parkes said the results of MRI scans meant he had to stop running. The news prompted a wave of sympathetic messages from his followers, who praised his "incredible achievement." One fan, Paul Weeks, wrote: "Must be hugely gutting, however don't let what you can't control get you down, keep looking forward. You're a huge inspiration. Another, Caroline Mauger, wrote: "So sorry to hear that, @MarathonMan_UK must be gutted. Rest up well Rob, what you've set in motion won't stop because you have to. Mr Parkes later clarified that Mr Young was not abandoning his goal, however, merely taking a necessary pause to recover from bone and tendon injuries that have made it "impossible for him to continue at this time." He said: "This injury, while frustrating for Rob, does not signal the end of the challenge. What is required for his recovery is a period of rest. Following this he will be back on track to complete his challenge. Happily, time is on Rob's side. He is seven and a half months into his challenge and is currently 14 days ahead of his schedule. This means that after this period of rest, he won't be playing catch up. He will be back to running 26.2 miles per day and will be breaking the world record in April 2015. From the outset, Rob has had a top team of marathon, triathlon and Olympic medical experts looking after him. All have found Rob's powers of recovery to be astonishing and have dubbed him a person of scientific interest. We are all unequivocally confident that he will achieve his goals. Mr Young's marathon bid was inspired by the charity fundraising stories he saw on television coverage of this year's London Marathon. He set off the next day to run his first marathon and had been running ever since. His first target was to complete 50 marathons in 50 days, but he then set himself an even greater challenge, to better the world record of 366 marathons in a year held by the Spaniard Ricardo Abad. So far, he has run 6,670.17 miles over 241 marathons - including 26 ultra marathons for 227 consecutive days around the UK. He has already raised more than £23,000 for his chosen charities after hundreds logged on to his fundraising web pages and donated money. Mr Young said: "I have always believed that if you have a good heart and a strong mind, or if you have the right support, your body will follow you through whatever lies ahead. However hard it is for me to accept that I have to rest at this time, I know that this will only make me stronger. After this period of pause I will continue to try to inspire and go beyond my limits. Never Give Up is my motto and it will carry me through. I will achieve what I set out to do.