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  2. List of pedestrian circumnavigators - Wikipedia

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    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

  3. Parkrun - Wikipedia

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    Tourism can involve running in a neighbouring park, town, region or even country with some runners travelling to a different run every week. [ 52 ] [ 53 ] [ 54 ] Parkrun challenges involve completing a number of different runs in a particular way which are personally meaningful but not officially recorded.

  4. Race Across the World - Wikipedia

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    The programme follows pairs of competitors racing around the world to be the first to reach the final destination. In the first series, the race started from London and finished in Singapore . The competitors cannot fly but are each given an amount of money equivalent to the price of a one-way plane ticket to the final destination, which they ...

  5. List of largest running events - Wikipedia

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    This list of the largest running events in the world is based on the number of participants. If available, the number of "registered" participants or finishers may be specified. Not all participants will actually complete a race. Running USA's Road Running Information Center estimates that, on average, 80%-85% of registrants will complete a ...

  6. Robert Garside - Wikipedia

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    Garside's first effort from Cape Town, South Africa, in early 1996 was abandoned in Namibia, [5] and his second attempt, begun on 7 December 1996, started from London's Piccadilly Circus [5] [8] but was abandoned at the Russia-Kazakhstan border around June 1997; Garside initially covered up the break in running with fabricated diary entries (), for which he later apologised saying that he had ...

  7. Race Across the World series 3 - Wikipedia

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    Lauding the choice of contestants, he stated, "The secrets and tensions within relationships, magnified and then inevitably resolved on the journey – a process these people have chosen to undergo in a foreign country, on national television – are what make Race Across the World a top-tier reality show, and this year's cast could be the best ...

  8. Pat Farmer - Wikipedia

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    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]

  9. Circumnavigation world record progression - Wikipedia

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    3 July 2002 Spirit of Freedom balloon, first solo aircraft to fly around the world without stopping or refueling from Northam, Western Australia [32] Steve Fossett: 67 hours, 1 minute, 10 seconds 28 February 2005 3 March 2005 GlobalFlyer first solo nonstop un-refueled fixed-wing aircraft flight around the world from Salina, Kansas [33] [34] [35]