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wow some dude ran around the world

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JS80

Lifer
Or is it SHENS?
A 40-year-old British man will on Tuesday become the first person recognised as having run around the world, according to the Guinness Book of World Records.

Robert Garside will run into Picadilly Circus, where he began his first attempt to jog around the world in December 1996, to be presented with a certificate by authorities from the publication.

Garside, then a 29-year-old psychology student, failed in that attempt, and it was only on his fourth try -- beginning at India Gate in New Delhi the following year -- that he succeeded, ending up back in the Indian capital in June 2003.

"I am unbelievably happy that an incredibly long project has finally ended up on a positive note," Garside said.

"I am so happy and relieved and I am so grateful to all those people all over the world who helped me throughout the years I was running."

While traversing the world over five years and eight months, Garside ran across 30 countries on six continents, covering more than 30,000 miles (48,000 kilometres).

During that time, he slept in the snow in the Himalayas, and at a monastery in Tibet, and also had to out-run thieves in Mexico and gunmen in Panama. He even spent five nights in a Chinese jail for not having the right travel documents.
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if you were at either pole, you could run around the earth on a few steps 😉

seriously, how do they gauge around the world, since you cant traverse water?
 
Originally posted by: johngute
if you were at either pole, you could run around the earth on a few steps 😉

seriously, how do they gauge around the world, since you cant traverse water?
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I know they make those bubbles you can run in, so you can cross water.

Did this guy use one? I know not.
 
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Originally posted by: eits
what a pussy... it took him 5 years? pfffft...
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Karl Bushby's walk is going to take 12 years for the 36 000 miles around the world.
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well, i hope you understand that my post was meant to be taken as a joke... anyone who can run around the world LITERALLY, outruns mexican thieves, panamanian gunmen, and has been held in a chinese prison is pretty close to jack bauer status, no matter how long it took.
 
Originally posted by: johngute
if you were at either pole, you could run around the earth on a few steps 😉

seriously, how do they gauge around the world, since you cant traverse water?
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The equator is about 40,000kms long. This dude ran 48,000kms across six continents....
 
Originally posted by: JS80
During that time, he slept in the snow in the Himalayas, and at a monastery in Tibet, and also had to out-run thieves in Mexico and gunmen in Panama. He even spent five nights in a Chinese jail for not having the right travel documents.
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Awesomeness. :thumbsup: This guy is my hero. 😀
 
Doc: And in the future, we don't need horses. We have motorized carriages called automobiles.
Saloon Old Timer #3: If everybody's got one of these auto-whatsits, does anybody walk or run anymore?
Doc: Of course we run. But for recreation. For fun.
Saloon Old Timer #3: Run for fun? What the hell kind of fun is that?
 
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