187 days ago today, the Japanese comedian Kanpei Hazama set off on a marathon run. But rather than settling for the usual maximum of 26 miles, he is running and sailing around the world a total of 23,000 miles!
The decision to run this “Earth Marathon” is Kanpei’s way of showing his commitment and passion for bringing the Olympic games to Tokyo! You can visit the Kanpei Earth Marathon Supporters blog to join him on his journey and see how he gets on.
In keeping with the Olympic spirit and as a mark of respect for the Olympic values, Kanpei’s route will take him through 2 of the other bidding cities, Madrid and Chicago.
On an average day on land, Kanpei will run approximately 50km over ten hours while by boat he has a total of 16,000km to sail. It’s a huge challenge that is due to finish in March 2011.
If you’re going to be in the area that he is running why not go along and cheer him on.
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