Challenged by Choice - Katharine & David Lowrie

Challenged by Choice – Katharine & David Lowrie

Katharine and David Lowrie-5000 Mile Project

“Run-fuelled ideas bubbled through our heads. Of an epic, human-powered adventure, in which we would push our minds and bodies to the extreme, leap barriers, forge through the unthinkable; a first – something that would make our eyes water, and the world’s.

And the scene for this adventure?
It had to be South America, the continent I’ve been entranced by all my life.”

“No one had done it before. But we were adamant we could prove it possible. It would take huge amounts of planning, severe re-training, and the faith of a team of charitable trusts and companies who were willing to gamble on a pair of runners with no form, but barrels of determination.”

Katharine & David Lowrie

Katharine and her husband David Lowrie are the first ones who ran the length of South America, unsupported, for its wilderness and wildlife.They had clear goals in mind when they set off for their 5000-mile project. They ran 14 Months 23 Days 13 hours 55 minutes to raise awareness and money to protect and conserve threatened habitats. They also ran to connect with people and wildlife, met along the way. And they ran to inspire environmental action, to prove that with small steps we can tackle seemingly insurmountable challenges. The distance turned out to be a bit more than they...

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