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Robert Garside (born 6 January 1967), calling himself The Runningman, is a British runner who is credited by Guinness World Records as the first person to run around the world. Garside began his record-setting run following two aborted attempts from Cape Town , South Africa and London , England .
Third runner to successfully run around the world. Having run 50,000 km, he holds the record for the longest world run according to the World Runners Association guidelines. Mangan is the third person to be inducted into the WRA membership. [citation needed] Date Oct. 25, 2010 – Oct. 27, 2014 Duration 4 years, 3 days Distance
Peter Charles McCarthy Robinson (9 November 1951 – 6 October 2004) was an Anglo-Irish comedian, radio and television presenter and travel writer. He was noted for his best-selling travel books McCarthy's Bar (2000) [1] and The Road to McCarthy (2002), in which he explored western Ireland and the Irish diaspora around the world.
Concorde FAI "Westbound Around the World" world air speed record from Lisbon, Portugal. [27] [28] [29] Michel Dupont and Claude Hetru 31 hours 27 minutes and 49 seconds 15 August 1995 16 August 1995 Concorde with 98 passengers and crew, no equatorial crossing.
The World Runners Association (WRA) is a small group of ultra-runners which aims to provide a consistent set of rules for athletes attempting to complete a pedestrian circumnavigation, as well as to ratify and record attempts completed as per these rules.
The marathon starts with a run in Tasmania, before Farmer flies to Perth and runs around the entire continent in a clockwise direction, finishing in Uluru in central Australia. He trained by running 40 km (25 mi) every single day, with a gym session most afternoons. [14] The launch was attended by prime minister Anthony Albanese. [2]
World 48-hour treadmill record 405.22 km held since 2008 Tony Mangan (born 20 April 1957 in Dublin ) is an ultra distance runner from Ireland. He completed on 27 October 2014 a 50,000 km (31,000 mi) distance running around the world for Aware, [ 1 ] a charity helping to defeat depression.
Karl Bushby (born 30 March 1969) is a British ex-paratrooper, walking adventurer and author, currently attempting to be the first person to completely walk an unbroken path around the world. Bushby's trek is known as the Goliath Expedition .