Thank you to everyone that participated in the Vancouver World Run on Sunday March 26. And also thanks very much to everyone that was able to come out to the lecture with Jesper Olsen on Friday March 24, 2006. These are events without equal as we were fortunate to have Jesper's World Run Project recounted personally and for the first time in English. I know that we have some amazing runners in Club Fat Ass and Vancouver but arguably none have accomplished anything close to what Jesper did over 662 days, 22 months, almost 2 years and 26,232 km.
The most amazing story I heard of Jesper's entire World Run was his 6 day race at Colac, Australia. After running more than 14,000 km, the very next day he competed in an event with world-class runners. This race challenges participants to run around a 400m track for 6 days. The one that goes the farthest wins a large money prize and incredible admiration. Jesper had the energy and strength to strategize a cunning victory by completing 756.2 km in 6 days, 50km longer than the second place person. This allowed him to fund the balance of his trip across Australia and take a flight to North America. Of course, the day after the race, Jesper continued on his epic adventure and completed a pleasant 31 km run on his way to running across the Great Victoria Desert on his way to Perth. He wrote at the time in his diary, “As much as I appreciated the friendships and intense duels on the track - just as much I began to long for the open roads ahead of me.
