On April 18 Richard Donovan kicked off his Trans USA Run with the Boston Marathon.During his 3 month-adventure he will cross 14 states, east to west, until he reaches San Francisco Bay.An amazing effort as he went through 4 years of knee pain, resulting in having both his knees replaced. The last surgery was just one year ago, so little time for proper training. But luckily the 56-year old Richard has a lifelong experience of running on all continents in all sorts of seasons and circumstances, including 3 cross-continental runs. Richard will be running in honor of Alvin Matthews, a...
In April 2014 Anna and her friend and history teacher Lydia Birch set out to run 86 miles along the Hadrian’s Wall trail in the North of the UK. They ran dressed as Roman soldiers and went into schools in London afterward to tell kids all about the history of Britain’s oldest wall. Hadrian’s Wall, also called the Roman Wall, Picts’ Wall, or Vallum Hadriani in Latin, was a defensive fortification in the Roman province of Britannia, begun in AD 122 in the reign of the emperor Hadrian.For around three centuries, Hadrian’s Wall was a vibrant, multi-cultured frontier sprawling almost...
Meaningful adventures and expeditions through times.
Run for Clean Air
The Run for Clean Air is one of the region’s longest-running charity races and its largest Earth Day celebration. To ensure the health and safety of our runners, walkers, staff,...
2022
2024
Marathon des Sables (MDS)
A yearly multiday event in the desert in southern Morocco, open to runners and walkers, with six stages, free style, and with food self-sufficiency over a distance of about 250...
2022
Run Across America for Mental Health - Greg Nance
3,000 miles to celebrate 3,000 days sober. “I celebrated 10 years sober on December 29, 2021. To commemorate the milestone, I’m aiming to run 3,000 miles between NYC and Seattle...
2022
Trans North America Run II - Richard Donovan
On April 18 Richard Donovan kicked off his Trans USA Run with the Boston Marathon.During his 3 month-adventure he will cross 14 states, east to west, until he reaches San...
Upcoming Adventures
RacingthePlanet Namib Race
Apr 28, 2024
Skeleton Coast National Park, Namibia
May 4, 2024
Home to the oldest desert and the largest dunes in the world, Namibia has some of the most stunning and iconic desert landscape. The desert...
Westerbork-Stein Memorial UltraRun
May 4, 2024
Westerbork, Netherlands
May 5, 2024
Stein, Netherlands
After Utah Beach-Stein (668 km), Bergen-Belsen-Stein (416 km) and Bastogne-Stein (170 km), the Ultraloop Stein Foundation will once again organize a non-stop relay on May...
Liberation Trail
Jun 9, 2024
Omaha Beach, France
Jun 16, 2024
Arnhem, Netherlands
The Liberation Trail is a multistage ultra running event. From the D-day beaches in Normandy, France in a prologue + 6 stages, via Bastogne in...
Running out of time - Climate Relay
Jun 9, 2024
Ben Nevis, UK
Jul 10, 2024
London, UK
Running Out of Time will be the biggest sporting celebration of climate action and nature ever attempted across Britain. Taking place between June 10th and...
TGNY100
Jun 22, 2024
New York, NY, USA
Jun 22, 2024
New York, NY, USA
As race director of the Great New York 100mile/100K Running Exposition Phil McCarthy shows people the most beautiful spots of the Big Apple on foot,...
RacingthePlanet Gobi March
Jun 23, 2024
Karakorum, Mongolia
Jun 29, 2024
The Gobi March course is located in the Karakorum region in Central Mongolia. The course takes you through vast green grasslands, stupas and temples, sand...
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