Post world-run – Back in Europe & Induction into the World Runners Association

It has been a week since I ran my final stage of the world-run in Auckland New-Zealand.
Since then, I have traveled back to Europe on a 27hrs+ flight. I initially thought it was a very long journey… then I put it into perspective, it’s much faster than running in the end!

The French media have all been interested in covering the story of the world-run: national TV channels, radio stations and written press. It felt good to have the world-run in the spotlight, albeit for a short time. The donations for Women for Women International climbed steadily: above $20,000 as of today, and I am pretty sure now that I will reach my target by the time I conclude the celebrations in Rouen on 17th September. It all came from the “Le Parisien” video which went quite well on Facebook, reaching 2.2Million views (and raising). Quite a surprise! https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=2911437179150278

I am now back in Europe. The program going forward consists of sharing about the journey and celebrating in Rouen. I am lined up to visit the youngsters of the Rouen Jailhouse (at their demand) and I am very pleased about it. Whenever I can share the exhilaration of freedom on such a journey… I can only imagine how hard it will be to deliver that message to youngsters stuck between 4 walls.

Then I will have to take steps towards writing a book about the journey. Franck Berteau – the journalist who ran with me 7 marathons in 7 days from Mendoza to San Luis Argentina last February – is helping me with that as he also is a publishing agent. That will help set things in motion.

I will publish another blog soon about the data of the world run, including the full table with all 698 runs listed with details. Coming soon!

My induction into the World Runners Club: https://worldrunnersassociation.org/