Pass the pâté: Arday claimed in a 2024 speaking engagement that he raised over £5 million for charity from his marathons and that he had raised over £5.5 million in his life. Full to the brim: Arday claimed that he went to both South America and West Africa to install water points. First they came for the professors of sociology: Arday has made several claims about physical threats. A star is born: Arday claimed that he was in the BBC documentary Seven Up. Baptism of fire: Arday claims that when he went to secondary school his teachers would strike his knuckles with a pen if he failed to complete his tasks.