"Running the Sahara" and "Expedition 360"
To be inspired by endurance athletes even crazier than you, see my blog post:
http://tri-blog.livejournal.com/108151.html
Feb. 20, 2007---Three ultra-endurance athletes have just done something most would consider insane: They ran the equivalent of two marathons a day for 111 days to become the first modern runners to cross the Sahara Desert's grueling 4,300 miles (6,900 km).
The story will come out as a National Geographic documentary, narrated by Matt Damon.
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Oct 6th, 2007 | LONDON -- He was hit by a car in Colorado, attacked by a crocodile in Australia, detained as a suspected spy in Egypt and survived illness and periods of despair.
On Saturday, British adventurer Jason Lewis finally came home, completing a 13-year and 3-month, 46,500-mile (74,400 km) human-powered circumnavigation of the globe.
Expedition 360 is an attempt at one of the last great firsts for true circumnavigation: reaching antipodal points on the surface of the globe using only human power (no motors or sails). Bicycles, in-line skates, kayaks, swimming, walking and a unique pedal powered boat are being used by Englishman Jason Lewis and an international team to travel over 46,500 miles across five continents, two oceans and one sea (1994 - 2007).
http://tri-blog.livejournal.com/108151.html
Feb. 20, 2007---Three ultra-endurance athletes have just done something most would consider insane: They ran the equivalent of two marathons a day for 111 days to become the first modern runners to cross the Sahara Desert's grueling 4,300 miles (6,900 km).
The story will come out as a National Geographic documentary, narrated by Matt Damon.
................................
Oct 6th, 2007 | LONDON -- He was hit by a car in Colorado, attacked by a crocodile in Australia, detained as a suspected spy in Egypt and survived illness and periods of despair.
On Saturday, British adventurer Jason Lewis finally came home, completing a 13-year and 3-month, 46,500-mile (74,400 km) human-powered circumnavigation of the globe.
Expedition 360 is an attempt at one of the last great firsts for true circumnavigation: reaching antipodal points on the surface of the globe using only human power (no motors or sails). Bicycles, in-line skates, kayaks, swimming, walking and a unique pedal powered boat are being used by Englishman Jason Lewis and an international team to travel over 46,500 miles across five continents, two oceans and one sea (1994 - 2007).