Post world-run – Planning ahead
It’s nearly 3 months since I finished the world-run, and I now have a bit more clarity on how things are panning out. And of course, I have already started thinking about future running adventures.
I have started re-organising the website. I am now presenting all info & data by continents (blog posts, pictures, maps, articles & videos, data). I hope it makes it clearer for visitors to visualize the run and do some research.
In terms of how I am going to spend my time over the next few months and years, it seems that I am aiming for the following:
Year 2023:
– Write the book and support the promotion of it – planned for publication in September 2023 on the French market.
– Deliver a series of conferences about the world-run to the corporate world as well as the sports community.
Year 2024:
– Get back to work, preferably within a woman-right advocacy NGO
– Physically and logistically prepare for the next running adventure
Year 2025:
– Take 4 months off work to run across Africa
I will also want to run across Asia and New-Zealand. Having run around the world, my desire is now to run across all populated continents (I’m not interested in Antarctica just now… maybe later, who knows). The crossing of Asia will require more time and logistics, so I leave it on the backburner for the time being. The crossing of New-Zealand should take 1 month ½ and is easier to organise and may occur sooner. This one is symbolical, as it was in my initial world-run plan and got scrapped because of the delays induced by Covid.
I have not done much running since the world-run ended. The desire is simply not there to just run around for the sake of it. I had such a strong drive for 2 years ½ of going from place to place every day, that the reality of going around the block for a maintenance run doesn’t seem very appealing to me. It will come back, I’m sure. I have to let my body settle into a more sedentary way of life for the time being and enjoy other sports, such as cycling and swimming.
What I find most challenging in the immediate aftermath of the world-run, is to go from an extremely high-intensity way of life, where everyday is an adventure in itself – and part of a gigantic fabulous adventure. To a life more settled, what we call normal life I guess! It helps a lot that I am able to focus on the book writing and the conferences.
I will spend some time in England, where I intend to meet two other world-runners, Rosie Swale-Pope and Kevin Carr. I may also make my way to Copenhagen to meet with Jesper Olsen, world-runner #1. I will post some updates here when I finally get to meet with them.