Eurocross for a Cause - Ralph Mesquita
In Summer 2017 25-year old Belgian-Brazilian ultrarunner Ralph Mesquite ran across Europe to raise awareness about the health problems associated with obesity worldwide and to...
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Eurocross for a Cause - Ralph Mesquita
Jul 7, 2017
Eiby, Norway
Sep 14, 2017
Tarifa, Spain
In Summer 2017 25-year old Belgian-Brazilian ultrarunner Ralph Mesquite ran across Europe to raise awareness about the health problems associated with obesity worldwide and to increase European unity.His grandmother died of obese related complications when Ralph was 16, and during his study Physiotherapy Ralph learned there was still a long way to go to beat the disease. One in three children between the ages of six and nine in the European Union are now classified as overweight or obese. Ralph’s charity of choice, The European Association for the Study of Obesity (EASO), has called on the EU to act now...
Running America - Marshall Ulrich, Charlie Engle
Sep 14, 2008
San Francisco, CA, USA
Nov 5, 2008
New York, NY, USA
Marshall Ulrich has run more than 100-foot races averaging over 100 miles each, completed 12 expedition-length adventure races, and ascended the Seven Summits, including Mount Everest, all on his first attempt. Yet his 3,063.2-mile run in 2008 from San Francisco to New York, the equivalent of running two marathons and a 10K every day for nearly two months straight, proved to be his most challenging effort yet.His journey across America at the age of 57, took him 52,5 days and 32 pairs of shoes. He took off with Charlie Engle, another legendary ultrarunner who became famous after Running the Sahara, but...
