The British marathon champion runs through Ireland within 24 hours

Author:Global Times Time:2022.08.11

[Global Times Comprehensive Report] A marathon champion from the UK ran across Ireland within 24 hours. According to the BBC report on the 10th, Robert Pop, 44, took only 23 hours and 39 minutes, and ran from Gorwe on the West Coast of Ireland to the Dublin on the east coast, with a total length of 211 kilometers.

It is reported that two months ago, Pop rose to decide to challenge the task, and used this opportunity to raise funds for the World Wildlife Foundation. He said: "The Super Marathon has quickly become popular in the past few years. To a large extent, it is because you can often see people running crazy on social media, but they will not show their failure. "Because the relevant official records of this challenge before, Pop believes that he is the first first Those who run across Ireland within one day. "I originally planned to train for 8 weeks for this challenge. Because of work, it was only 5 weeks, but I was very satisfied." In 2018 Biography, Pop ran more than 24,000 kilometers in 422 days to cross the United States.

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