Just a Little Run Around the World

By Rosie Swale Pope,

Book cover of Just a Little Run Around the World: 5 Years, 3 Packs of Wolves and 53 Pairs of Shoes

Book description

After her husband died of cancer, 57-year-old Rosie set off to run around the world, raising money in memory of the man she loved. Followed by wolves, knocked down by a bus, confronted by bears, chased by a naked man with a gun and stranded with severe frostbite, Rosie's breathtaking…

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I found myself regularly asking, 'How does she keep going!!?’ Rosie is an amazing person, battling through temperatures as low as -62 degrees C, deep snow, packs of wolves, a monotonous diet, and breaking equipment. After running and pulling a cart between 500 yards and 30 miles a day (depending on weather conditions), she reached home 5 years and 53 pairs of shoes later having run 20,000 miles around the world.

The book recounts all the challenges and how they were overcome. I felt it was a summary of diary writings which wasn’t always fluent or of the same level…

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