Eddie Izzard on Tuesday ran a marathon in Malta - without leaving the UK. 

The British comedian is running virtual marathons of places across the globe to raise money for charities that help #MakeHumanityGreatAgain. 

Izzard was five hours into her Malta run at 6.30pm.

The comedian, who uses the gender pronoun 'she', is running the marathons on a treadmill due to travel restrictions imposed as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. She intends to run 31 marathons and then perform 31 stand-up shows, in 31 days in 31 virtual cities across the world. 

Her first four marathons of 2021 saw her tackle London, Lisbon, Madrid and Rome via his treadmill.  

The popular stand-up comedian has been uploading videos of parts of her runs on her Twitter account, followed by 4.4 million users, and live-streaming the runs on her website. 

She said that Malta’s marathon this year proved to be “a real struggle”.

Money raised is being pledged to five charities: Fareshare, Walking With the Wounded, Care International, United to Combat Neglected Tropical Diseases and Covenant House New York City.

This is not the first time Izzard has taken on a similar challenge. Her fifth marathon of 28 different ones last year was also in Malta. On that occasion, however, the comedian was able to make it physically to the island.