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Robert Garside The Runningman arrives in the USA from Mexico, 2000.

Robert Garside "The Runningman", (born 6 January 1967), is a British adventurer credited by Guinness World Records as the first person to run around the world. Guinness World Records presented Garside with a certificate endorsing his run on 27 March 2007 in Piccadilly Circus, London, England. Garside was born in Cheshire, and studied psychology at Royal Holloway University between 1993 and 1995, when he planned to become the first person to run around the world.

World Record-breaking run

On 1 January 1996 James Gregory, the former prison warden and censor officer of Nelson Mandela and author of Goodbye Bafana, initiated the start of the first run around the world from outside parliament in Cape Town, South Africa.

Robert Garside "The Runningman" ran north sleeping in police cells and quarters as a guest, living off milk, sugary maize and biltong, losing up to 2-3 kg during each run. But after just over 2,000 miles Garside abandoned his run in Northern Namibia. He had been heading towards a UNAVEM III camp in Angola with the intention of then heading north to Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo.

From Piccadilly Circus, London, on 7 December 1996, Robert Garside re-started in a second attempt at an around-the-world run, crossing England, France, Switzerland, Germany, Austria, Slovakia and Poland in wintertime, but abandoned the run again before reaching Moscow, Russia because civil war had broken out in Afghanistan.

In the second half of 1997 from beneath the majestic arches of India Gate, a monument situated on the Raj Path in New Delhi, India, Garside re-started his global run one final time. It is a run that would extend for almost 6 years across 6 continents and 30,000 miles and that would earn him a place in sporting history.

Garside again slept in police stations and prison cells across northern India seeking the help and advice from Crown Prince Dipendra of Nepal before running 5,300 metres up into the Himalayas in what CNN had reported as ‘the worst winter in 100 years’.

He was accompanied by a Spaniard until Lhasa, who provided companionship through the 18,000-foot icy elevations. They stayed in monasteries, barns and in the snow in temperatures as low as minus 40C, drinking yak tea and burning yak dung to keep warm.

Garside Jogged for about eight hours a day, which he says he covered at least 40 miles; he wore a specially converted pack and videoed every 15 minutes.

Months later and Garside found celebrity in Chengdu. He ran out of the city with a large crowd of students and crossed the Sichuan Province.

But by April 1998, Garside was arrested and imprisoned for thirty days in Huzhou, Zhejiang province, China whilst an investigation was carried out. He faced up to two years. The Consulate and a Buddhist friend secured his released after just five days.

Gaol time was far from Garside's harshest experience. Along the way he was robbed, chased by secret police and thugs, threatened with an axe and pelted with stones by crowds. "Sometimes you get an instigator who gets the crowd on their side and tries to create trouble for me," Garside says. "I don't know why. I guess some people get suspicious of someone running down the street. Sometimes I had at least one punch-up every single day."

In Australia temperatures were over 40C and he spent most of his time with bush flies. Garside collapsed near Wirrulla, South Australia from heat exhaustion and was put into a warm bath of water by the police, to cool him down. That day the temperature had soared to 50C.

In Southern Argentina Garside wore an Australian flag to avoid potential problems but stayed with an ex-soldier who fought against the British in the Malvinas/Falkland Islands. Some nights he slept between sheep’s fleeces and in Comodoro Rivadavia Garside was temporarily detained and searched by police from the former Leopoldo Galtieri regime.

In Brazil, Garside ran out of Rio de Janeiro and lost his way, forcing him to Mage, where he says “I slept in a brothel. I introduced myself and the girls laughed and wanted to kiss Mr. Runningman. The room I got was seedy and I wrapped myself in clothes to avoid touching the bed. It was humid, dark and mirrored.”

After running across the Amazon rainforest into the new millennium, he arrived in Caracas, Venezuela in April 2000, where he met student girlfriend Endrina Angarita Perez, whom he nicknamed "Runningwoman".

The Colombian Ejército de Liberación Nacional (ELN) gave assurances to Garside of his security if he would cross Colombia, “because you are a sport man”, they stated, but weeks later Garside fled Northern Colombia, passing tanks and a blockaded border, after the Associated Press and a local police chief had warned him that a new tax was being levied near Rioacha which had drawn both FARC and the ELN into the area.

Shortly after, Garside was hijacked at gun point by two robbers in Panama, near the Bridge of the Americas. They stuck pistols into his stomach, but he survived and ran over active Arenal Volcano in Costa Rica to Nicaragua where he met with former freedom fighters.

Garside’s route continued through Honduras, El Salvador and Guatemala through Mexico, where he outran three armed men near Acapulco, Mexico. It was a “seat-off-the pants- effort” according to Garside’s agent, Mike Soulsby.

On 29 September 2000, whilst in the USA Robert Garside received an official commendation in the City of Huntington Beach, California, whereas Dave Garofalo, Mayor of the City of Huntington Beach, California, and on behalf of the City Council, honoured Garside’s “inspiring odyssey” by making it “The Runningman Day”.

Afterwards Garside was accompanied by runners in California, and skateboarders, who joined him across the Golden Gate Bridge and three states. “As winter drew in, the streets were full of snow and completely without pedestrians most evenings,” Garside said as he ran south of Chicago and through Philadelphia to Washington DC.

By March 2001, The Runningman crossed over the Brooklyn Bridge, tracked by his support driver as he passed the World Trade Centre to the Supreme Court of Justice. His final arrival point was Times Square.

In Africa Garside’s support driver had to be revived by Johannesburg paramedics near Soweto Township after she became overwhelmed by carbon monoxide fumes. A casino in Johannesburg and Maputo helped them.

The route through Mozambique stretched north, through areas where there were land mines and it was rough. In some areas during the evenings Garside would stamp his feet as he ran to deter low-flying bats and black mamba snakes as he headed towards Malawi. The duo were helped by tribes and Christian missionaries along the way.

Alone again and Garside ran across southern Europe and Turkey passing the pyramids of Egypt and in Asmara, Eritrea he met with Muammar al-Gaddafi who was on a state visit.

By Friday 13th June, 2003, after five years and eight months, Garside finished his global run back beneath the arches of India Gate, in New Delhi. Tom Hanks wrote to Robert Garside saying he was an “inspiration”.

The Runningman Day

In the City of Huntington Beach, California, USA, on 29 September 2000, Dave Garofalo, Mayor of the City of Huntington Beach, California, and on behalf of the City Council, honoured Robert Garside’s “inspiring odyssey” by making it “The Runningman Day"

After the world record-breaking run

Robert Garside "The Runningman" married Endrina Angarita Perez in London and, three-and-a-half years after the global run was completed Guinness World Records’ Head of Records, Marco Frigatti, presented Garside with a certificate endorsing his run as “first fully-authenticated run around the world”.

Garside said that if it wasn’t for his main benefactor, London photo agent Mike Soulsby, he would not have made it. He also said that a post 9/11 world had been more difficult to run through than a pre 9/11 world. "Patience, the gift of gab and lots of shoes help”.

According to The Daily Telegraph in 2007 Robert Garside "The Runningman" was in the process of writing a manuscript for a movie that he intends to make about the first run around the world.

Global record-breaking swim

In late 2003 Robert Garside announced to the [BBC] and the [Daily Mail] that he intends to be the first person to swim around the world.

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