The North American Restart Plan
Got back to Dublin this evening by bus and train from Dunquin and Tralee.
For those that don’t understand this detail please remember I ran from Merrion Square North to Dunquin, Ireland’s most westerly point. I didn’t have an aircraft on standby in the Dingle peninsula ready to take me directly to the most easterly point in North America!
So, I am backtracking and the most important point is I will not be flying over or skipping any land I could have run over. All possible land kilometres will be run and Oceans flown/sailed across. I chose to fly from Dublin because the date I booked, Nov 6th required 50% more frequent flier miles from Shannon. Why did I not run to the airport? Because I have to have some kind of logical and structured plan. In short that was not necessary as I have already run Ireland and besides no mater what I did people would still ask about other alternatives.
Remember my plan for the World Jog is for the most continuous route around the world on a world map. You know there are some begrudgers out there that will probably question that when I get to somewhere like Indonesia where there are probably hundreds of islands with little or no seasonal ferry services between them!
I will do everything I reasonably can to make this as continuous on a world map.
At 7.40am on Saturday I fly to New York via Atlanta, indirect route dictated by my frequent flier miles.
In New York I stay with my friend Phil McCarthy of the USA 24 hour team for that night. During my 20 hour layover the New York marathon is on 
Are you thinking what I am thinking?
I did entertain the thought of running the Big Apple marathon but to be honest I would have to change my 6pm ish flight to a later time and that would have messed up my arrival in St. John’s New Foundland. Monday I will be resting up in so far as there are some logistics to be put in place. The plan is to start the North American leg on Tuesday the 9th November but that date is not cast in stone..
As I speak my beloved Nirvana, wonderful Chariot Cougar 1 Jogging stroller is being Fed-Exed on ahead of me to St. John’s, NF, so it will also depend upon that arrival date.
I understand there is a group of runners on the Running Room runners forum that want to run the start with me from Cape Spear to St. John’s. That will be a pleasure. I can hardly wait to start. In fact within the first 24 hours of the first posting on that forum I had no less than 4 offers from local people offering to pick me up from the airport and put me up.
Thank you so much Newfoundland I have heard so much about your wonderful hospitality.
10 marathons average in the last 10 days here in Ireland, what did I do when I got back to Dublin this evening? I went out for a short run! Emphasis on the short.
Briefly the Canadian and immediate USA plan is to run through Newfoundland, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick to Maine, USA. From there I will run to Boston and onto Little Falls and St. Johnsville, NY home of my greatest rival John Geesler and his Club The Kurahura Kickers (sorry about the spelling lads!) They made me an honorary life member, so I just got to stop there
