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THANK YOU TO SO MANY WONDERFUL PEOPLE FOR YOUR FANTASTIC SUPPORT.

Greetings from Cusco. I have been very busy visiting the sights here these last few days. Tomorrow, Thursday I will be going on a trip for two days and one night to magical Machu Picchu Which I will visit early Friday morning.

As many people have told me they are interested in the area I am thinking of using my Spot tracker around the National Park as I will be hiking for about 4 hours on Thursday and about two hours on Friday morning into Machu Picchu. This of course is just fun stuff and will not be added to the overall distance of the run as it is off my route and just a side trip.

At last after a 29 year wait I will correct my biggest travel regret when I did not visit Machu Picchu while travelling in South America in 1983!

Briefly, I spent most of that year travelling in South America. In Bolivia I got an unbelievable cheap return flight back to Europe. It was almost Christmas, so I decided to return to Ireland for the festive season and return to Peru in the New Year. I could have made a quick trip to Peru then but didn’t want to rush it. Instead I spent ten days waiting for my flight in La Paz, next door in Bolivia. I never did return to South America, instead I got caught up in the rat race back home in Ireland.

I had always intended on this segment as being a kind of mini-break. I expect to start running towards Puno and Bolivia on Saturday, but unlike the Incas, for me this is not cast in stone!

I have been having a wonderful time here.

Many thanks to the following people for their wonderful support:

Gerry Duffy for sending me on my 26th pair of running shoes. I will start running in these soon. Gerry was able to send them to me to The Cotton Shop here in Cusco because the owner Peter Bohn from Germany was so kind to let me use his address as a pickup point. Thanks Peter and also to Kevin Flood from the USA who was able to get this contact for me. Kevin has been a great help these last few months. He is in a great position to research many obscure requests for me as he has a large contact list here in South America that he calls upon.

Thanks so much Kevin for your tireless work on my behalf.

Also sent here were 2 Dazer´s. Yes I now have 2 new dog zappers thanks to Sir Richard Beresford-Wylie, owner and inventor of Dazer international.
I lost my Dazer a couple of months ago, and that was my second! So Richard was good enough to send me a spare to keep in ” The Heavy Bag. ”

Many thanks to Greg Havely, Phil Essam and Jean Beliveau for their valuable input and advise helping me research my Australian and Asian routes. These areas have been researched a couple of times already but meticulous planning means I have to keep on top of things so as there are no surprises. 19,000km plus and not a foot wrong is due to this planning which is only ´time possible ´with their kind help.

To my sister Ann Salmon for helping sort out many personal affairs back in Ireland and taking care of my every request without question or quibble!

Thanks so much for the ongoing support of The North Pole Marathon, Ultra Running Ireland, Great Outdoors, Chariot Carriers Inc, John Buckley Sports, High-Five Sports Nutrition, Runaways, Drymax Socks, Dazer International and Dion Networks.
Also Thanks so much to the following people for their kind donations to the world run:
Matt Wade, Karl Heart, Ciaran Carr, Richard Nunan, Gerard Mangan, Feargal O’Shea, Paul Curtayne, Grainne Connor, Gary Condon, Conor Cummins, Anthony Lee, Paul Joyce and also Priva Tarbet.

I hope I have not left anyone out!

Thanks a million

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4 Responses to “THANK YOU TO SO MANY WONDERFUL PEOPLE FOR YOUR FANTASTIC SUPPORT.”

kevin scanlon Says:
June 14th, 2012 at 8:14 am
tony, lovely to hear about your mini-break. enjoy the change of pace……….for a few days. the country is preparing for the big game against spain tonight. fingers crossed!!!! kevin
stewart cochrane Says:
June 14th, 2012 at 5:50 pm
enjoy your “time out” tony

we continue to follow your progress daily…you
i want to purchase the first edition of your book

all the best

your friends in newfoundland
canada

stewart and bernadine cochrane
Larry Doherty Says:
June 16th, 2012 at 2:26 am
Keep it going Tony. You are amazing. Still supporting and will be tieing up with Matt Wade to see what more can be done. Lets get behind Tony!
Alessandro Conti Says:
June 23rd, 2012 at 12:06 am
I met “great Tony” while travelling across South America… it has been one of the most inspirational person I have ever met! Take care Tony and hope to see you again!, Alessandro, Verona,Italy

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About Tony

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...