Between 22 September 2020 (World Rhino Day) and 22 November 2020, both days included, Sharon Jessop, a Port Elizabeth entrepreneur, runner and wildlife enthusiast will attempt to run 22km per day for 62 consecutive days which if successful, will be a Guinness World Record. The previous record for most consecutive half marathon distances run by a female was 50 days.
The aim and purpose of this Guinness World Record Running Attempt is three fold:
This Guinness World Record Attempt will be run on various professionally measured courses in and around Port Elizabeth, mostly from the premises of the SME’s Sharon will be promoting during the 62 days of running.
SME’s in and around Port Elizabeth are there for invited to participate in this initiative for a small donation towards to the campaign and individuals and running clubs are invited to participate also for a small donation towards the campaign.
All donations will go directly to the campaign and the entire campaign is run via a Back-A-Buddy campaign page called “One Land Love It & Community Chest EC”.
This Guinness World Record Attempt will lead into the main “Run Wild For Rhinos Expedition” which will follow in September 2021 when Sharon will run from the Mozambique border back to Port Elizabeth
symbolically linking all the reserves containing rhinos, a similar route Wayne Bolton, the founder of the OLLI Foundation followed on his Frontier Rhino Ride in 2017.
If you are interested in getting involved by having your business promoted or if you want to run with Sharon, she can be contacted on 061 510 4657 or on sharon@gowellwithsharon.com
