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==Biography==
==Biography==
===Background===
===Background===
Born in [[Cheshire]], [[England]], Robert Garside had pursued several academic courses and worked a number of jobs, including in the [[British Merchant Navy|Merchant Navy]], but it was later, while studying psychology at London's [[Royal Holloway University]], that he decided instead to attempt to set a record as the first person to run around the world. <ref name=Independent2>{{cite news | last = Elliott | first =Keith | title = This man is about to run around the world. Five continents, 52 countries, 39,920 miles. It will take him four years at up to 60 miles a day. Is he mad? | work = [[The Independent]] | date= 20 October 1995 | url = http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/this-man-is-about-to-run-around-the-world-five-continents-52-countries-39920-miles-it-will-take-him-four-years-at-up-to-60-miles-a-day-is-he-mad-1578532.html | accessdate = 2009-09-29 | location=London}}</ref><ref name=SI>{{cite journal | title = Road warrior: Robert Garside hopes to be the first man to run around the world | last= Greene | first = Jamal | date = August 14, 2000 | journal = [[Sports Illustrated]] | url = http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1019897/index.htm |accessdate = 2009-09-29}}</ref> Garside had become obsessed with running in the late-1980s, and when he noticed that there was a record on file for walking the world, but not for running it, decided that this was his record to set. <ref name=Guardian>{{cite news | title = On the run | last = Burkeman | first = Oliver | date = 15 February 2001 | url = http://www.guardian.co.uk/g2/story/0,3604,438119,00.html | work = [[The Guardian]] | accessdate = 2009-09-29 | location=London}}</ref> <ref name=Sydney Morning Herald>{{cite news | title = Around the world in 2040 days | AFP | date = 27 March 2007 | url = http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2007/03/27/1174761428006.html | work = [[Sydney Morning Herald]] | accessdate = 2010-10-14}}</ref>
Born in [[Cheshire]], [[England]], Robert Garside had pursued several academic courses and worked a number of jobs, including in the [[British Merchant Navy|Merchant Navy]] when he began running. But it was later, while studying psychology at London's [[Royal Holloway University]], that he decided to attempt to set a record as the first person to run around the world. <ref name=Independent2>{{cite news | last = Elliott | first =Keith | title = This man is about to run around the world. Five continents, 52 countries, 39,920 miles. It will take him four years at up to 60 miles a day. Is he mad? | work = [[The Independent]] | date= 20 October 1995 | url = http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/this-man-is-about-to-run-around-the-world-five-continents-52-countries-39920-miles-it-will-take-him-four-years-at-up-to-60-miles-a-day-is-he-mad-1578532.html | accessdate = 2009-09-29 | location=London}}</ref><ref name=SI>{{cite journal | title = Road warrior: Robert Garside hopes to be the first man to run around the world | last= Greene | first = Jamal | date = August 14, 2000 | journal = [[Sports Illustrated]] | url = http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1019897/index.htm |accessdate = 2009-09-29}}</ref> Garside had become obsessed with running in the late-1980s, and when he noticed that there was a record on file for walking the world, but not for running it, decided that this was his record to set. <ref name=Guardian>{{cite news | title = On the run | last = Burkeman | first = Oliver | date = 15 February 2001 | url = http://www.guardian.co.uk/g2/story/0,3604,438119,00.html | work = [[The Guardian]] | accessdate = 2009-09-29 | location=London}}</ref> <ref name=Sydney Morning Herald>{{cite news | title = Around the world in 2040 days | AFP | date = 27 March 2007 | url = http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2007/03/27/1174761428006.html | work = [[Sydney Morning Herald]] | accessdate = 2010-10-14}}</ref>


===The run===
===The run===
His first effort from Cape Town, [[South Africa]], in early 1996 was abandoned in [[Namibia]].<ref name=Guardian/> In a second, begun on 7 December 1996, the 29-year-old Garside started from London's [[Piccadilly Circus]] on a planned 42,000-mile run.<ref name=SI/><ref name=Guardian/> This attempt was abandoned in [[Russia]] due to the [[civil war in Afghanistan]], and a third effort was initiated in October 20, 1997 from the monument of [[India Gate]] in New Delhi.<ref name=BBC2>{{cite news | last = Aylward | first = Juliet | title = Running man bids for world record | publisher = BBC | date = 15 March 2003 | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/2841547.stm | accessdate = 2009-09-29}}</ref><ref name=DM/>
His first effort from Cape Town, [[South Africa]], in early 1996 was abandoned in [[Namibia]].<ref name=Guardian/> In a second, begun on 7 December 1996, the 29-year-old Garside started from London's [[Piccadilly Circus]] on a planned 42,000-mile run.<ref name=SI/><ref name=Guardian/> This attempt was abandoned in [[Russia]] due to the [[civil war in Afghanistan]], and a third effort was initiated in October 20, 1997 from the monument of [[India Gate]] in New Delhi.<ref name=BBC2>{{cite news | last = Aylward | first = Juliet | title = Running man bids for world record | publisher = BBC | date = 15 March 2003 | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/2841547.stm | accessdate = 2009-09-29}}</ref><ref name=DM/>


Garside, also known as The Runningman,<ref name=iol>{{cite web | title = Running Man finds love on world-wide way | date = August 4, 2000 | url = http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=29&art_id=qw96539540697B252 | publisher= [[Independent Online (South Africa)|Independent Online]] | accessdate = 2009-09-29}}</ref> later indicated that it was his habit to jog eight hours a day, covering at minimum 50 miles a day when running on flat ground, outfitted with a video camera to record his journey and a 15-pound backpack.<ref name=SI/> <ref>Denise Dillon (July 24, 2001) [http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0107/24/i_at.09.html Man Hopes to Go Around the World on Foot], ''[[CNN]]'' Retrieved = 2010-10-31</ref>
Garside, also known as The Runningman,<ref name=iol>{{cite web | title = Running Man finds love on world-wide way | date = August 4, 2000 | url = http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=29&art_id=qw96539540697B252 | publisher= [[Independent Online (South Africa)|Independent Online]] | accessdate = 2009-09-29}}</ref> later indicated that it was his habit to jog seven to eight hours a day, covering an average of forty miles a day when running on flat ground, outfitted with a video camera to record his journey and a fifteen-pound backpack.<ref name=SI/> <ref>Denise Dillon (July 24, 2001) [http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0107/24/i_at.09.html Man Hopes to Go Around the World on Foot], ''[[CNN]]'' Retrieved = 2010-10-31</ref>


During his run, he updated his website with a portable computer,<ref name=SI/> describing an arduous journey complicated by human and natural hurdles that included physical attacks<ref name=ABC>{{cite news | title = Running Man Battles Blisters, Bullets | date = Wednesday, 2 August, 2000 | url = http://abcnews.go.com/Sports/story?id=100828&page=1 | publisher = [[ABC News]] | accessdate = 2010-11-11}}</ref> and imprisonment as well as grueling climate extremes.<ref name=BBC>{{cite news | title = Running man bids for world record | date = Friday, 15 March, 2003 | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/2841547.stm | publisher = [[BBC]] | accessdate = 2010-10-15 | first=Juliet | last=Aylward}}</ref><ref name=Guardian/> He also met with considerable assistance, as he was offered lodgings around the globe in such diverse settings as [[Five-star_hotel#Hotel_ratings|five-star hotels]] and private homes to prison cells and police stations.<ref name=Observer>{{cite news | title = How one man ran the planet | last = Campbell | first = Denis | date = 2 March 2003 | work = The Observer | url = http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2003/mar/02/athletics.uk | accessdate = 2009-09-29 | location=London}}</ref> In addition to corporate sponsorship of £50,000, he indicated he received £120,000 in donations from individuals.<ref name=Observer/> One donor in [[Hong Kong]] agreed to back Garside in return for a share in future profits.<ref name=RG>{{cite news | title = Running man chasing goal of traversing all continents | agency = Associated Press | date = April 6, 2000 | url = http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=PXoVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=2usDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6773,1462858&dq=robert-garside | work = Eugene Register-Guard | accessdate = 2009-09-29}}</ref> Along the way, Garside also found love, meeting girlfriend Endrina Perez in [[Venezuela]].<ref name=iol/>
During his run, he updated his website with a portable computer,<ref name=SI/> describing an arduous journey complicated by human and natural hurdles that included physical attacks<ref name=ABC>{{cite news | title = Running Man Battles Blisters, Bullets | date = Wednesday, 2 August, 2000 | url = http://abcnews.go.com/Sports/story?id=100828&page=1 | publisher = [[ABC News]] | accessdate = 2010-11-11}}</ref> and imprisonment as well as grueling climate extremes.<ref name=BBC>{{cite news | title = Running man bids for world record | date = Friday, 15 March, 2003 | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/2841547.stm | publisher = [[BBC]] | accessdate = 2010-10-15 | first=Juliet | last=Aylward}}</ref><ref name=Guardian/> He also met with considerable assistance, as he was offered lodgings around the globe in such diverse settings as [[Five-star_hotel#Hotel_ratings|five-star hotels]] and private homes to prison cells and police stations.<ref name=Observer>{{cite news | title = How one man ran the planet | last = Campbell | first = Denis | date = 2 March 2003 | work = The Observer | url = http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2003/mar/02/athletics.uk | accessdate = 2009-09-29 | location=London}}</ref> In addition to corporate sponsorship of £50,000, he indicated he received £120,000 in donations from individuals.<ref name=Observer/> One donor in [[Hong Kong]] agreed to back Garside in return for a share in future profits.<ref name=RG>{{cite news | title = Running man chasing goal of traversing all continents | agency = Associated Press | date = April 6, 2000 | url = http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=PXoVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=2usDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6773,1462858&dq=robert-garside | work = Eugene Register-Guard | accessdate = 2009-09-29}}</ref> Along the way, Garside also found love, meeting girlfriend Endrina Perez in [[Venezuela]].<ref name=iol/>

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Robert Garside
Full-length photo of Robert Garside beginning an around the world run from the monument of India Gate, New Delhi, India.
Robert Garside “The Runningman” begins around-the-world run from India Gate, New Delhi, India.
Personal information
Full nameRobert Garside
NationalityBritish
Websiterobertgarside.com

Robert Garside, also known as The Runningman, is a British runner who is credited by Guinness World Records as the first person to run around the world. Garside began his record-setting run following several aborted attempts from Cape Town, South Africa and London, England. Garside set off from New Delhi, India on October 20, 1997, completing his run back at the same point on 13 June 2003. While his run was challenged by some other runners and some members of the press, Guinness World Records, who spent several years evaluating evidence, declared it authentic and the record was officially bestowed on Garside on 27 March, 2007 at a ceremony in Piccadilly Circus, London, England.

Biography

Background

Born in Cheshire, England, Robert Garside had pursued several academic courses and worked a number of jobs, including in the Merchant Navy when he began running. But it was later, while studying psychology at London's Royal Holloway University, that he decided to attempt to set a record as the first person to run around the world. [1][2] Garside had become obsessed with running in the late-1980s, and when he noticed that there was a record on file for walking the world, but not for running it, decided that this was his record to set. [3] Cite error: The <ref> tag has too many names (see the help page).

The run

His first effort from Cape Town, South Africa, in early 1996 was abandoned in Namibia.[3] In a second, begun on 7 December 1996, the 29-year-old Garside started from London's Piccadilly Circus on a planned 42,000-mile run.[2][3] This attempt was abandoned in Russia due to the civil war in Afghanistan, and a third effort was initiated in October 20, 1997 from the monument of India Gate in New Delhi.[4][5]

Garside, also known as The Runningman,[6] later indicated that it was his habit to jog seven to eight hours a day, covering an average of forty miles a day when running on flat ground, outfitted with a video camera to record his journey and a fifteen-pound backpack.[2] [7]

During his run, he updated his website with a portable computer,[2] describing an arduous journey complicated by human and natural hurdles that included physical attacks[8] and imprisonment as well as grueling climate extremes.[9][3] He also met with considerable assistance, as he was offered lodgings around the globe in such diverse settings as five-star hotels and private homes to prison cells and police stations.[10] In addition to corporate sponsorship of £50,000, he indicated he received £120,000 in donations from individuals.[10] One donor in Hong Kong agreed to back Garside in return for a share in future profits.[11] Along the way, Garside also found love, meeting girlfriend Endrina Perez in Venezuela.[6]

Garside completed his world-traversing journey on 13 June 2003 at the monument of India Gate, at which time The Independent reported the total miles run over five and a half years at 35,000 (approximately 56,000 kilometers), covering territory in 30 countries.[12] Near the end of his run, Garside indicated that the worst experiences he'd encountered were three days spent running without any food and five days spent in jail in China because he lacked proper documentation.[4] He described running over the Himalayas as "fantastic" in spite of freezing temperatures, "the most spiritual of mind journeys."[4]

The record

In 2007, Guinness recognized Garside's run, formally listing him as the first person to run around the world.[13] Rather than the start in Piccadilly Circus, the journey authenticated the one that begun in Delhi on October 20, 1997, after his detour to spend time in the UK with his girlfriend, including China, Japan, Australia, South America, North America, Africa, southern Europe, the Middle East.[5] [13] [14] [9] Before authenticating the record, Guinness World Records spent over three years evaluating Garside's evidence, which included credit-card receipts, time-coded tapes, and independent witnesses.[5] Garside used his video camera every 20 minutes while running to take a four-minute clip of his location, and routinely requested signed, dated documents from local officials.[10] In its press announcement Guinness World Records declared itself quite satisfied with the evidence evaluated, stating that "We are very cautious to accept records like this because they are difficult to certify, however Robert has provided us with full evidence which enabled us to authenticate his amazing achievement."[15] The record was officially observed on 27 March 2007 at a ceremony[16] in Piccadilly Circus, where representatives of Guinness endorsed the record.[17] According to Guinness' endorsement, Garside ran through 29 countries on six different continents over a period of 2,062 days.[15]

Dispute

Garside's achievements have been questioned by some other runners and by some members of the press. David Blaikie, editor of now-defunct Canadian website Ultramarathon World and former president of the Association of Canadian Ultramarathoners expressed disbelief stating "I do not believe ... that he has fully run any of the major sections of the world he has claimed, or even a substantial portion of any section." Blaikie also cited the lack of any helpers to help him carry food and water and his lack of experience with ultramarathons as reasons to doubt Garside's claims.[18][19] [5][20] Steven Seaton, then editor of Runner's World also pointed out Garside's lack of previous experience with ultramarathons, saying, "Some of the things he has claimed to have achieved would constitute world records for ultrarunning, which is nonsense for somebody who is claiming to have run almost every day. He went into this with no outstanding ultra-credentials, which makes it difficult to believe what he claims to have done."[18] The Daily Telegraph claimed that Garside had admitted to skipping five countries and 2000 miles, before flying back to India to relaunch his attempt.[18] The Guardian was more critical in its commentary, stating that Garside "did not complete the challenge" to "run 130 miles on a track for 24 hours, under observation".[17] Garside had also apparently admitted to shortening his route by 1300 km by taking an airplane.[17] After the authentication, The Guardian quoted Ian Champion of the UK Road Runners Club, who had been called upon to judge the uncompleted supervised 24 hour road test, as indicating he was "stunned".[17]

Ratification

After five years of confirming evidence, such as time-coded tapes, passport stamps, visas and witness accounts, Guinness World Records certified that The first fully-authenticated run around the world record had been accepted and that Robert Garside who started and finished at India Gate, New Delhi, India and taken a total of 2,062 days, from 20 October 1997 to 13 June 2003, to run through 29 countries on six continents.[21] The record was officially bestowed on Garside on 27 March, 2007 at a ceremony in Piccadilly Circus, London, England. Garside said, "I'm really happy about this, this run cost me everything." [22]

Afterward

In 2003, Garside indicated his intention to follow up his record-setting run by running across the Antarctic and swimming around the globe,[10] with intentions to embark on the latter in June 2004.[9] Garside married his girlfriend in London in 2004,[23] having met her in Venezuela in 2000.

References

  1. ^ Elliott, Keith (20 October 1995). "This man is about to run around the world. Five continents, 52 countries, 39,920 miles. It will take him four years at up to 60 miles a day. Is he mad?". The Independent. London. Retrieved 2009-09-29.
  2. ^ a b c d Greene, Jamal (August 14, 2000). "Road warrior: Robert Garside hopes to be the first man to run around the world". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved 2009-09-29.
  3. ^ a b c d Burkeman, Oliver (15 February 2001). "On the run". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 2009-09-29.
  4. ^ a b c Aylward, Juliet (15 March 2003). "Running man bids for world record". BBC. Retrieved 2009-09-29.
  5. ^ a b c d Hardman, Robert (2 April 2007). "Did Robert Garside really run round the world or was it just a...long distance reception?". Daily Mail. London. Retrieved 2009-09-29.
  6. ^ a b "Running Man finds love on world-wide way". Independent Online. August 4, 2000. Retrieved 2009-09-29.
  7. ^ Denise Dillon (July 24, 2001) Man Hopes to Go Around the World on Foot, CNN Retrieved = 2010-10-31
  8. ^ "Running Man Battles Blisters, Bullets". ABC News. Wednesday, 2 August, 2000. Retrieved 2010-11-11. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  9. ^ a b c Aylward, Juliet (Friday, 15 March, 2003). "Running man bids for world record". BBC. Retrieved 2010-10-15. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help) Cite error: The named reference "BBC" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
  10. ^ a b c d Campbell, Denis (2 March 2003). "How one man ran the planet". The Observer. London. Retrieved 2009-09-29.
  11. ^ "Running man chasing goal of traversing all continents". Eugene Register-Guard. Associated Press. April 6, 2000. Retrieved 2009-09-29.
  12. ^ Johnson, Andrew (14 June 2003). "Around the world in 50 pairs of trainers". The Independent. London. Retrieved 2009-09-29.
  13. ^ a b Hughes, Paul (March 26, 2007). ""Runningman" makes it into record books at last". Reuters. Retrieved 2009-09-39. {{cite journal}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  14. ^ Krieger, Liz (February 3, 2003). "Running Away from It All". Newsweek. Retrieved 2009-09-39. {{cite journal}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  15. ^ a b "The first fully authenticated run around the world record has just been accepted" (PDF). Guinness World records. Retrieved 2009-09-29.
  16. ^ "Briton becomes first person to run around the world". The Metro. London. 27 March 2007. Retrieved 2010-09-11.
  17. ^ a b c d Burkeman, Oliver (28 March 2007). "Running the world - or a flight of fancy?". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 2009-09-29.
  18. ^ a b c Powell, David (May 7, 2003). "Suspicion haunts man with world at his feet". The Times. London. Retrieved 2009-09-29.
  19. ^ Fleming, Nic (16 March 2003). "Doubts trip up runner's record claim". The Telegraph. London. Retrieved 2009-09-29.
  20. ^ Lidz, Franz (July 1, 2002). "Where in the World Is Robert Garside?". Sports Illustrated Adventure (16). Retrieved 2009-09-39. {{cite journal}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  21. ^ Guinness World Records "Guinness World Records Press Release", Guinness World Records
  22. ^ The New Zealand Herald, 28 March 2007, Running feat into records book
  23. ^ ITN, 27 March 2007, British Forrest Gump in record books

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