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Newcastlewest For Halloween

Happy Halloween! I felt like a scary monster this morning pushing on through the heavy rain the first two hours of beautiful countryside.
Ran through Patrickswell, then Adare famous for its cheese and thatched houses.
I slogged it on through the undulating hills around Rathkeale pulling many thorns out of Nirvanas tyres. Just before Rathkeale my friend Colm O Thorna and his wife Eileen pulled up. They were in Castleisland for a festival these last couple of days and on their way back to Dublin. On towards Newcastle west..The clocks went back last night so now it gets dark around 5.30. I need to start earlier now.
I am delighted by my bodies adaptation to the physical demands of the World Jog..When I start in the mornings I don’t have any stiffness. As I mentioned before I am not counting the Dublin Marathon distance in the World Jog total, but I still ran it and thats an average of a marathon a day for the last 7 days.
As a novice to this Journey running my first impression of pushing a buggy the marathon distance probably equates to running a 50km effort or about 20% extra effort…I guess I will soon find out.
Just before Newcastlewest Finbar of West Limerick AC pulled up. He is putting me up tonight. We agreed to meet in Tescos about 2.5km down the road. I gave him some heavy baggage and ran on. Tesco was my finishing spot today and Valerie, his wife will take me back there in the morning for the run to Castleisland.
We drove for about 20 minutes to his beautiful house by the Shannon river.
I was made very welcome at Finbar and Valerie’s house. Their two children were getting ready for a Halloween party. I drank my protein drink which I usually forget about, had a soak in the hot tub and had a delicious dinner.

Today 38.2km Total 242.5km

Adare Castle, Co. Limerick

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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...