Run Across Europe 2005
5,239 km - 59 days 21 hours 50 minutes
TOP:
Youngest ultrarunner to run across Europe
Youngest support team - under 25 years old
Smallest support team - 3 people in the first month, 2 people in the second month, 1 support vehicle, 1 bicycle
Most consecutive European Union states run through from north to south in the shortest time until 2005
Most European mountain ranges run through in a single run - Carpathians, Alps, Apennines, Pyrenees, Sierras (Sierra Nevada)
Top running expedition RUN ACROSS EUROPE:
Water consumption by runners - 520 liters, all project participants - 1350 liters of water
4 pairs of running shoes - one pair from France (Avignon) to Spain (Tarifa)
57 nights spent in sleeping bags and on sleeping mats
Temperatures:
Hottest day in Spain - Murcia/Sierra Puerto at 3:00 PM, 47°C in the sun, 42°C in the shade
Lowest daytime temperature in Andorra at 4:00 PM under clouds, 5°C, light snowfall
Highest nighttime temperature in Spain - Baza, 27°C
Lowest nighttime temperature at the France/Andorra border, -8°C
Running companions - most in Italy - Janov region, in France - southern coast, three stray dogs (PL, FR, ESP), one bull (ESP), 700 meters sprint
Things that can be run with:
15 kg of stones from Orange (France) - 20 km, time: 2 hours 5 minutes
30 cm pine cones - Sierra Baza (Spain)
90 cm cork bark from a cork oak (Spain)
Spanish truck driver's license plate - 3 km
Longest ascent:
Soboth, Steiermark (Austria) - 27 km
Steepest ascent:
Wurzenpass (Austria), border crossing AT/SLO - 8 km, 18% gradient, time: 56 minutes, already with inflammation of the left hip joint
Highest mountainous terrain:
Andorra - 2,408 m above sea level
Longest run at altitude:
From 800 m to 1,340 m to 750 m, Murcia, Andalucia, Malaga - coast (Spain)
Fastest section:
12 km before Hernan Valle, 4,850 km section on a highway (time: 50 minutes) with a police escort.
HELSINKI - TARIFA
June 15, 2005, 15:10 (+ 1 hour) - August 13, 2005, 13:00
Time taken:
Monaco - 47 minutes
Gibraltar /GB - 1 hour 30 minutes
Slovenia - 2 hours 30 minutes
Hungary - 3 hours 40 minutes
Finland - Helsinki - 7 hours (35 minutes of running)
Andorra - 11 hours 15 minutes
Czech Republic - 23 hours 0 minutes
Estonia - 2 days 4 hours 30 minutes
Slovakia - 2 days 22 hours 10 minutes
Latvia - 3 days 13 hours 15 minutes
Lithuania - 3 days 23 hours 45 minutes
Austria - 7 days 4 hours 25 minutes
France - 8 days 4 hours 30 minutes
Poland - 9 days 10 hours 0 minutes
Spain - 10 days 13 hours 0 minutes
Italy - 11 days 2 hours 15 minutes
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