About sprinting the World with Masters, speedy feet, and long-term goals
AROUND THE WORLD: Follow the action! Some advice is better than other and one of the best came from a veteran travel-reporter. “Once a year, go someplace you’ve never been before”. Thank you very much, I said. Since way back I`ve follow this advice. Life is a journey and now I continue my once-in-a-lifetime venture – Around the World in 80 Lanes.
RUNNING DUBAI DESERT: HOT SAND AND COLD CAMEL MILK
More than a journey
My journey is under way with ambition to visit all parts of the world and several countries. I will report to readers and followers about local culture, traditions, traditional food, meeting people and deliver travel advice. However, this is more than normal journey. This is also about running the world – competing 100m and 200m sprint with veterans and masters mainly in stadiums.
“Around the world in 80 lanes” will prove that a newborn veteran sprinter has speedy feet and long-term goals. But personal records and better physical shape can only be reached by ongoing training.
From Arctic to Antarctica
Officially “Around the World” kicked off summer 2023 at Hammerfest Stadium in Norway along with veterans in the World’s Northernmost city. According to plan, my final run around the World will be performed in Ushuaía, Argentina, the World’s Southernmost city. Don’t ask when the last sprint is going to happen.
Crossing the World
This project grew out of the famous book “Around the Earth in 80 days”. While author Jules Verne´s story was fiction, the new “Around the World…” is real, authentic, and self-experienced. My journey around the globe will certainly take more than eighty days.
The trip continues crisscrossing, east, west and above all southwards to destinations decided after a bit of planning. I continue to run and explore the world by a compass not a clock.
RUNNING THE WORLD: Get set and speed up in 80 Lanes
My World of Sprint itinerary
2022
Vestby Mini Stadium, Vestby. Norway
Soon Arena, Son. Norway
Melløs Stadion, Moss, Norway
Hamstead Heath Stadium, Hampstead, North London
Finsbury Park Track, North London
Poliodeportivo Arena, Arroyo de la Miel, Spain.
CAR Sierra Nevada, Spain
Tampere Stadium, Tampere, Finland.
2023
Deportiva Carranque Javier Imbroda, Malaga City, Spain.
Bislet Stadium, Oslo.
Furumo Athletics Stadium, Modum, Norway.
Alta Sports Park, Alta.
Måsøy Sandstrand, Måsøy, Finnmark
Havøysund Stadium, Havøysund, Finnmark
Hammerfest stadium, Hammerfest, Norway.
Esatadio Municipal, Joan Serrahima, Barcelona
Mondo Sportrack, Torremolinos, Spain.
Dubai, stadium and desert run, United Arab Emirates.
Dubai City Sports Park, Dubai, UAE
Marcos Stadium, Laoag, The Philippines.
Abellana Stadium, Cebu City, The Philippines.
Naga City Sports Complex, Cebu Island, The Philippines.
2024:
Danao Arena, Danao City, Cebu Island, Philippines
Naga City Sports Complex, Cebu Island, Philippines
Lisleby Stadion, Fredrikstad, Norway
Gothenburg Stadion, Sweden. World Masters Athletics Championship
Estadio Ciudad, Málaga, Spain.
Taipei Municipal Stadium, Taiwan
Tianmu Campus, Taipei, Taiwan
Okinawa City Athletic Field, Japan.
Tapic Kenso Hiyagon Stadium, Okinawa, Japan.
Rizal Memorial Stadium, Manila. The Philippines.
New Clark Athletics Stadium, Capas, Tarlac. Philippines.
2025:
Macias Oval Complex. Dumaguete.
The Global Tour continue: Europe, Africa, Florida, The US and Caribbean in 2025.
CHARMING VOYAGE TO THE MIDNIGHT SUN
