Please click HERE for the interview in a former hometown Brush, Colorado. Thanks to Jeff for a delicious steak dinner and 
This interview took place in Diggers Diner on Monday March 28th. Diggers will soon be featured on the Food Channel for their delicious food!
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I have always considered myself to be an average runner. In school, I was even bullied for I was a sports wimp. Through hard work, dedication, perseverance, self-belief and a strong mind I succeeded in not only running around the world but breaking four ultra running world records during my competitive career. Having previously cycled around the world I didn't start running until I was almost 30. Then I had a dream of running around the world. For many reasons, I waited for over 20 years. One reason was to establish my pedigree as an endurance athlete. I started and finished my world run as the current World Record-Holder for 48 Hours Indoor Track 426 kilometres (265 miles), a record I have held since 2007. I also broke and still hold the World Record for 48 hours on a Treadmill 405 kilometres (251 miles) in 2008. When I retired from competition, more pleasing than any of my world, European or Irish records I had the respect of my fellow athletes from all over the world - in my opinion, sports greatest reward - an achievement I am most proud of. Then I finally put myself out to pasture, to live my ultimate dream to run around the world! This blog was written on the road while I struggled to find places to sleep and to recover from running an average of 43.3 kilometres or 27 miles per day for 1,165 road days. There were many nights I typed this blog on a smart phone, so fatigued my eyes closed. Many journalists and endurance athletes have referred to my world run as the most difficult endurance challenge ever attempted. During my expedition I rarely had any support vehicles, running mostly with a backpack. In the more desolate areas I pushed my gear, food and water in a cart which I called Nirvana, then I sent her on ahead to run with my backpack once again over altitudes of almost 5,000 metres in the Andes. I stayed in remote villages where many people had never seen a white person before. I literally met the most wonderful people of this world in their own backyard and share many of those amazing experiences in this blog. My run around the world took 4 years. There were no short cuts, I ran every single metre on the road while seeking out the most comprehensive route across 41 countries, 5 continents, I used 50 pair of running shoes and my final footstep of the run was exactly 50,000 kilometres, (almost 31,000 miles) I eventually finished this tongue in cheek named world jog where I started, at the finish line of my city marathon. I started my global run with the Dublin Marathon on October 25th 2010 and finished with the Dublin Marathon on October 27th 2014 at 3 05pm! Thank you for your support, I hope you can share my unique way of seeing the world, the ultimate endurance challenge! Read more...
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March 29th, 2011 at 10:59 pm
Enjoyed listening 2 your video. good luck in Colorado.
March 30th, 2011 at 3:24 pm
hello tony….yer lookin’ good by’
great interview
enjoy colorado
all the best
stewart and bernie cochrane
newfoundland
March 30th, 2011 at 4:40 pm
Hi Tony,
Just looked at your video on youtube. A fantastic interview. You look very well and I’m glad that you are enjoying your trip and that everything is going well. So far so good. I know you’re going to laugh but as you were speaking I kept thinking your meal will be getting cold! We are all well here t.g. Thank you very much for the mother’s day card and the thoughtful gift you sent, which was not expected. As always you are first with your card and good wishes. We all send our love. Love and godbless, Mam.
March 30th, 2011 at 4:42 pm
Hey Tony,
Was just looking at your interview here with nana! Your steak looked worth waiting for anyway!! Great interview and looks like you are really enjoying your home away from home! Keep up the good work. ‘How does he get across the water?’ was also one of the first questions the children in my class asked me when I was teaching them about all of the different places you have visited! Keep on running! Love Serena!
March 31st, 2011 at 11:21 am
Hey Tony, have been following your amazing running and your great trip regularly since you departed Irelands shores! Fair fecks to you…some achievement!! your blogs make great reading and its such a great way to get an idea of different people across the states. Your continuous big distances are mind blowing. Well done…if you grow a beard and long hair we can call you forest gump
Tog go bog e, Karen