Difference between revisions of "Serge Girard"
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Long distance French ultrarunner extraordinaire born in 1953, Serge Girard is organising the LA to New New York Trans American footrace in 2011.
Runs
Serge has run across the five continents including a Trans-Eurasia run from Paris to Tokyo 2005/06 - a distance of 19,097 km.
- 1997: trans-USA (Los Angeles to New York) - 4,597 km in 52 days, 23 hours, 20 min (world record)
- 1999: trans-Australia (Perth/Sydney) - 3,755 km in 46 days, 23 hours, 12 min (former world record, beaten by Achim Heukemes)
- 2001: trans-South America (Lima/Rio de Janeiro) - 5,235 km in 73 days, 3 hours, 40 min (world record)
- 2003/2004: trans-Africa (Dakar/Cairo) - 8,295 km in 123 days, 2 hours, 40 min (world record)
- 2005/2006: trans-Eurasia (Paris/Tokyo-) - 19,097 km in 262 days (probably world only attempt)
- 2009/2010: one year: 27.011 km in 365 days (world record)[1]