A 61-year-old grandmother from
Rosie Swale-Pope wore out 45 pairs of shoes in more than 240 weeks of running on a trek around the world that began after the death of her husband in 2003 from pancreatic cancer. She said the adventure began as a way to raise awareness for the disease.
Swale-Pope is no stranger to adventure, having achieved fame in 1970 as a round-the-world yachtswoman. She is set now to become the first person to both sail and run around the world.
“The purpose of my journey has been to highlight the preciousness of life,” she said. “I had to do something and this was a small thing really — just putting one foot in front of the other.”
The mother of two children and grandmother of two said she plans to write a book about her experiences during her journey, which include being followed by wolves, receiving 29 marriage proposals, and being invited to speak on The Martha Stewart Show.
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