If you thought the notion of jogging for years on end was restricted to the storyline of Forrest Gump, think again. A British woman named Rosie Swale-Pope is currently in her fourth year of attempting to run around the world. Rosie's journey started on her 57th birthday, October 2, 2003, from her home in Wales. This run is not without a purpose.
In 2002, Rosie's husband Clive died of prostate cancer. Had her husband's cancer been spotted earlier, he may still be alive today. Rosie is using the attention she's received from this long-trek, 22,000 miles so far, to promote early cancer screenings for both men and women. Throughout the entire run, Rosie has been harnessed to a 260 pound tent on wheels. She sleeps in this tent most nights after pulling it for an average of 15 miles per day.
It took Rosie close to two years to reach eastern Russia where she crossed over into Alaska in September of 2005.
Since then, she has ran through Canada, re-entered the United States in Minnesota, and, according to her website (RosieAroundTheWorld.co.uk), is currently in New Jersey.
She plans on continuing to Labrador, Canada, where she will cross the Atlantic to return home - thus ending the run.
This leaves just about 2,000 miles left on her impressive jog.When the run is complete, Rosie plans on authoring a book that details her around-the-world adventure.
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