Doug Richards: Running ’Once Around the Planet’

Doug Richards has just published his third book about running, charting an incredible journey that has seen him run a lifetime total of 24,902 miles.
It's a distance equivalent of the circumference of the Earth’s equator.
In 'Once Around the Planet,' Doug shares his latest running adventures including running a marathon in Venice and taking on a host of island runs including among ancient Moai statues on Easter Island, across volcanic rim trails in the Azores and even into the mysterious confines of the Bermuda Triangle.
Doug's amazing running total was achieved despite the fact he only started running in his 30s, when he found himself out of breath having run up the stairs to see his son.
It was then he decided to get fit - and start running. It's a habit he's found hard to shift and has seen him run across all seven continents, including in Antarctica and across the Sahara and Gobi Deserts.

 
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You can listen to our previous episode with Doug here: https://runningtales.podbean.com/e/doug-richards-how-one-runner-went-from-being-out-of-breath-climbing-the-stairs-to-the-marathon-des-sables/
You can buy ‘Once Around The Planet’ from Amazon: https://shorturl.at/iryR1
 
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