Journey Runners

The term Journey runner refers to people who undertake a long journey for personal reasons and not commercial though are often fund raisers for particular charities such as Paula Duncans recent hike along the Great Divide.

Planning a run

• Bruce Johnson 2010

Finished Running

Transcon

• Bruce Johnson crossing the USA from Feb 1st 2005
• Paul Staso has completed a solo run across the United States between June 23 and October, 20, 2006
• Jonathan George Williams Run Willy Run is the site of this 26 year old living his dream.
• Matt and Brandon are ran/walkedg across the USA. Run Across The USA Youthful
• John Wallace III Westport, WA to Tybee Island, GA Approx. 3800 miles. Read Johns newsletter on this site
• Nick Baldock Ran across the US to raise money for theJosie Russel Trust
• Matt Chico and his wife Laura finish bike/run across the USA
• Dave and Scott traveled 3,150 miles on foot from Sea Bright, NJ to Florence, OR
• Steven Vaught walked across the U.S. "to lose weight and regain my life!" The FAT MAN WALKING.com
• Bjorn Suneson ran from Chicago to New Orleans starting 7th July 2005 Updates on this site
• Phil Rosenstein US Transcon runer
• Richard Bottram
• Karl Bushby
• Dean Karnazes various challenges including running across the USA
• Rosie Swale-Pope Welsh lady who ran around the world on her own.

Trail Hike

• Paula Duncan has finished solo-hiking 1200km of the Great Divide Trail from the Canada-USA border at Waterton (in Alberta), to Kakwa Lake Provincial Park (in British Columbia) raising money for Child Haven International
• David Horton Set new record on the Pacific Crest Trail
• Sue Norwood ran the 2175 miles of the Appalachian Trail from Georgia to Maine

Continental Europe

• Bobbys Run Bob Brown is running from The Portugese Atlantic to the Russian border
• Serge Girard Frenchman running from Tokyo to Paris starting 18th December, 2005. A journey of 19300 km and taking an scheduled 276 days.

Trans Australia

• Achim Heukemes, the great German Runner has crossed Australia in 43 days and change. Set new record.

World Runner

• Jesper Olsen Bidding to be the first authenticated runner to circle the globe. Updates on this site
• World Harmony Run Global relay Running 11,000 miles in 4 months in the US and 8 months 45 countries in Europe plus Anzac, Canadian, Russian legs.

See Also

Long-distance trail

External Links

• Run across America
• The Ultimate list of Crossers can be found at Seejohnrun.com