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THE FUTURE OF THE WORLD RUN

It is now time for me to hold my hands up and make a major confession! You see I underestimated the distance required for me to run this world run in the manner that I have dreamt of.. A run around the world in the most continuous route possible, connecting up all the continents with no cutting corners on continents. By my latest calculations I will need to run in the region of 50,000km / 31,000 miles. I had estimated 42,000km/ 26,000 miles. I guess I just got scared off while counting or lost count? A world journey is generally considered to be such if 26,000km/ 16,500 miles are travelled. The reality is my criteria is much stricter and a more true world journey as I will be running almost twice that! I have made it very difficult for myself, more difficult than it ever needed to be, but that is my dream.

I will continue to keep all my records in order for authentication even though logic would suggest this is a ‘ self authenticating journey. ‘

Meaning that if I have gone to all this extra trouble and hardship, more than required as mentioned above, which also dragged me through the worst winter in North American history with all its storms and blizzards. ( I could have flown from Ireland to New York instead of running through Atlantic Canada and stormy New England in the winter and just headed for sunny Florida and Central America) Well it would never be conceivable that I would cheat and take a ride of a few kms anywhere else on the run!

By the time I get to the tip of South America I could have easily had one world run chalked off by using this inferior criteria, so I just better make sure I get to the finish!

It is a bit ironic that my deficit is 8,000km / 5, 000 miles = About the exact distance I have run since the start 7 months ago ( 8 months by the time I get back from my time out.)

This is too much to make up in the 2 years 4 months till my original target finish date of October 2013 with the Dublin marathon. My new targeted date will be the Dublin marathon in October 2014. This will also allow me to take more rest days and shorter running days for the rest of the run.

Some very rough ‘ ball park ‘ figures and estimations:

8,000km / 5000 miles run to date.

Mexico and Central America. Another 5,000km / 3,200 miles

South America.

Another 12,000 + km circa 7,500 miles

AT THE TIP OF SOUTH AMERICA ( TIERRA DEL FUEGO) THIS IS ROUGHLY THE HALFWAY MARK WHERE I EXPECT THE SECOND ANNIVERSARY TO BE SPENT.

New Zealand, Tasmania and Australia (Melbourne to Darwin via east coast) circa 9,000km 5,600 + miles

South-East Asia to China: Another 6,000km circa 3,750 miles

China to Dublin: Another 10,000km circa 6,200 miles.

My targeted pace per month will now be 1,000km + a few kms per month = 620+ miles.

The reality will be that I will probably run a few more per month to make up for my next time out. I have not decided on when or where that may be.

Some of the statistics of this run are quiet startling! Did you know that if I just ran an extra mile per day over 1,000 road days I would have an extra 1,000 miles! Or 5 weeks extra mileage to take for a time out! But I can not get greedy. All along I had been secretly estimating that this run would be completed in about 950-960 road days. Some people had actually billed this as 1,000 marathons in 1,000 road days! Now its looking more like 1,000 50km’s and it wont be 1,000 days it will be more like 1,200 + road days.

Thanking you for your very loyal support. I hope you will stay with me for the longer haul!

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2 Responses to “THE FUTURE OF THE WORLD RUN”

jeromebennett Says:
May 27th, 2011 at 1:42 am
still following your progress.Didn’t know you at the time you asked for shelter.instead of nighting in my camp on the beach you could have stayed in our fire station but we just didn’t didn’t know you.I’m glad we had that breakfast together.
theworldjog Says:
May 28th, 2011 at 5:17 pm
Hi Jerome. Great to hear you are still with me
No in fact you were wonderful. Thanks very much for your help that night. I needed it then and you were there for me. This is the blog for that night http://www.theworldjog.com/blog/?m=201011
It was quiet an experience and your fishing cabin has been quoted in more than one newspaper article! I am enjoying a nice rest now. Thanks again, Tony.

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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...