- Serge Girard
Serge Girard is a French
ultramarathon runner born in1953 . He fulfilled the challenge of running across the 5 continents without a single day off.He's not related to
Patricia Girard-Léno .Runs achieved so far
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1997 : trans-USA (Los Angeles toNew York ) - 4,597 km in 52 days, 23 hours, 20 min "(world record)"*
1999 : trans-Australia (Perth/Sydney ) - 3,755 km in 46 days, 23 hours, 12 min "(former world record, beat byAchim Heukemes )"*
2001 : trans-South America (Lima /Rio de Janeiro ) - 5,235 km in 73 days, 3 hours, 40 min "(world record)"*
2003 /2004 : trans-Africa (Dakar /Cairo ) - 8,295 km in 123 days, 2 hours, 40 min "(world record)"*
2005 /2006 : trans-Eurasia (Paris /Tokyo -) - 19,097 km in 262 days "(probably world only attempt)"External links
* [http://www.sergegirard.com Serge Girard] personal web site
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