Tony Mangan, an Irish international ultra runner and the reigning 48 hour world indoor record holder, plans to run the equivalent of 1000 marathons in 1000 days during an attempt to run around the world.
Tony is regarded as a legend in Irish ultrarunning circles, holding both the 48 hour world indoor record and 48 hour world treadmill record. The former record involved him running 426.178km or more than 10 official marathon distances within two days. He has represented Ireland at ultrarunning on numerous occasions and previously cycled around the world.
Tony begins his global running odyssey, dubbed "the world jog", on 25th October when he will run the Dublin Marathon and subsequently traverse Ireland.
While circumnavigating the world, he will generally run in a westerly direction . For more details, see www.theworldjog.com.
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