Rob Pope is one of Britain’s best known ultrarunners - the term used for those who find their fun beyond the marathon distance. He’s not too bad as a marathon runner either, Rob became the Australian Marathon Champion at the Australian Marathon Championships in 2015, won the Liverpool Rock 'n' Roll Marathon in 2015 and 2016, where he ran a personal best of 2:27:13 . 

He also now holds a Guinness World Records for the fastest marathon completed while dressed as a film character.  As well as being a vet and a proud dad, he is also the host of Red Bull’s “How to be Superhuman” podcast.  And now, he is the author of what is set to be one of the classic running books of all time - “Becoming Forrest”, published October 14th 2021 by Harper North. Available from all your regular book outlets and available in digital and audio versions. What’s it all about? Well, the journey you'll find out about in this podcast. 

THE USA FORREST GUMP JOURNEY  

Rob first ran him from Mobile, Alabama all the way to Santa Monica Pier in Los Angeles, California.  He then turned around and ran even further back across some 18 states to the Marshall Point Lighthouse in Maine.  When he got there, he turned around and kept on running! He then became the first person ever to run across the United States of America THREE TIMES in a year since completing his third crossing in September 2017.    Rob ran over 15,700 miles, finishing the FIFTH leg of his run in Monument Valley, where he became the first person EVER to complete the run that Forrest Gump did in the film.  It's a huge distance - the greatest distance anyone from the UK has ever run in a year - and Rob, the WWF and Peace Direct need your support, so please check out the charities and see how you can help.

In this episode:

• Rob's incredible story and journey of running across america 5 times and becoming the real life Forrest Gump.


• Why Rob decided to Become Forrest Gump and run over 15,000 miles across America.


• The barriers and obstacles Rob had to overcome to complete this epic challenge - mentally, physically, emotionally and financially. 


• How and why Rob never gave in on his dream of completing the challenge.


• How you can follow your dreams and drop the excuses.


• Rob's favourite parts of his epic adventure.


• Rob's top tips for chasing your dreams.


• Rob's top tips to new and established runners.


• Plus much much more.

Connect with Rob:  http://goingthedistancerun.com/ https://www.instagram.com/run.robla.run/ Get Rob's book here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Becoming-For...

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