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The End
Of the 12 starters, 6 runners made this trans-continental journey of almost 3100 miles from LA to East coast New York and they were all blessed, one by one, by the pouring rain. The small crowd that gathered to meet them cheered and hugged the runners as they arrived, each one victorious and changed forever by this experience. 71 days and an average of 44 miles a day through deserts and cities across the valleys, mountains and plains of America, takes you into the world of the hero, a timeless quest to challenge oneself and to prevail. In todays world where the pace of life has been accelerating over the last 100 years these events transport you to a parallel world where life gets stripped down to its essential components. What do we need to survive? How little can we get by with and how efficient can we be. These concerns focus on the body. But what about the mind? How does the mental apparatus deal with such an intense pressure cooker? What does the mind have to do to maintain the effort in the face of the body's demands? How do they do it? Bob Brown knows. Bob's previous Run across Australia and the diary of this race can be found at http://www.bobbysrun.co.uk/ Photo: Alan Firth Read the whole adventure at Run Across America 2004 And checkout Alan Firth's other site at Run Across America 2004 |
The
heavens opened for Bob Brown (pictured left with Bryce Canyon in
the background) from Stoke Climsland in Cornwall, England as he
crossed the finish line in Central Park New York win the Run Across
America 2004. He finished 62 hours ahead of French athlete Luc Dumont
St Priest.