Dane completes his second run around the world

Danish ultrarunner Jesper Kenn Olsen, 41, completed his second world run in 2012 by using up 32 pairs of shoes and navigating the globe from north to south. The journey started in 2008, and he finished the journey when he reached Cape Spear at Newfoundland at 5:12 pm.on July 28, 2012, arriving at the North-Eastern point of North America.

Thus the first North-South-North run aound the earth was completed from Nordkapp at the Northern tip of Europe, via the Southern Tip of Africa, the Southern Tip of South America, to the North-Eastern tip of North America. Olsen states he wanted to “test man’s ability to overcome mental and physical barriers and at the same time challenge and celebrate the earth’s variety of races and fauna.” From January 1, 2004 to October 23, 2005, Olsen completed the first fully documented run around the world with 26,232 km in total.

The Danish Pioneer staff had the chance to meet Jesper Olsen when he ran through Chicago on his first world run. The second world run encompassed 36,896.8 km. Olsen tracked his progress using GPS and also featured reports and pictures on his www.worldrun.org website. He has slept in huts, tents, sofas and motels and he thanks everyone who has helped him including co-runners, sponsors & people who have followed online and via email encouraging him on the tough stretches of the run. Olsen now looks forward to re-discovering his joy in “normal” long distance running, 10 km and marathons.