On October 23, 2005 Dane Jesper Kenn Olsen, 34, became the first person to successfully run, in daily increments ranging from 14 - 93km, the circumference of the Earth's land masses, setting a Guinness Book of World Records record.
What began from the Old Royal Observatory in Greenwich, London, ENGLAND on January 1, 2004 ended there 26,232km later - ONE LAP AROUND THE WORLD - on October 23, 2005.
How "on Earth" did he do it? During his World Run Project Lecture Series, you will have the opportunity to hear first-hand from Jesper himself how the impossible became reality, not only from the perspective of a runner, but from a University of Copenhagen scholar of international politics.
For more information, contact Jesper Olsen directly:
Email: jesper@worldrun.org
Cell: (+45) 306 376 88 and go to the World Run Project website: http://www.worldrun.org and click on one of the "lecture series" links.
I had the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to crew Jesper through portions of IN, OH and PA through the USA, and I'm sure I speak on behalf of the many others who helped this man on his journey when I say he had a profound effect on me. Naturally, the incomprehensible physical and mental endurance that it must have taken Jesper to complete his world run stands alone, but what will particularly stand out for me is his demeanor: when extremely fatigued, instead of focusing on the negative, he would smile and say something nice about someone...THAT is a true champion.
Thank you, Jesper, for touching our lives, and proving the impossible really isn't that impossible.
Step by step,
Constance Karras
Cedar Lake, IN, USA
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