Well what is the significance of the above you may ask? It is that long since I did my first marathon in Dublin 2010, but you'll be glad to know this post has very little to do with Dublin Marathon 2010 and even less to do with me.
The significance of the time relates to the time that has passed since a Dubliner Tony Mangan finished that day, but to him it was really only the start of his adventure. The finishing line was the starting point for Tony to begin his run around the world, yes that's right around the world.
Think of everything you have done since that time and practically every day Tony has been running, most days in excess of Marathon distance totally self sufficient with his running buggy moving from town to town, country to country, continent to continent. It really is mind boggling.
I checked his blog today www.theworldjog.com and he has just finished running through the north island of New Zealand. Since running across Ireland to begin with he has since passed through Canada, U.S.A, Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Equador, Peru, Bolivia, Argentina, Chile & New Zealand.
There is certainly nothing glamorous about what he is doing in most of these countries but he is doing this because he had a dream and he is now fulfilling his dream. He thinks the journey will be approx
50,000kms so he is still just over halfway there.
The significance of him starting the run at the finish line of the Dublin Marathon in 2010 is that he fully intends to finish his journey by running the Dublin Marathon in 2014.
I'm sure he will have many more wonderful stories to tell of his adventures so maybe from time to time think of him and check out his progress and send him some messages of support.
Hopefully he will eventually be recognised in his own country for this remarkable challenge.
See you in Merrion Square in 2014 Tony.
Keep up the good work!
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