Dec 10, 2006

Running Across Eastern Europe

Breaking news: we now have updates from January 5 and January 14.

What are you doing next year? Probably more or less the same as this year, right? That's not the case for Manfred Michlits, who's about to embark on an ambitious plan to run all the way around the world in one year, raising money for children's charities.

Manfred's run starts on January 1, 2007 in Vienna, and then he'll spend two weeks running about 70km per day through Slovakia, Hungary, Serbia and Montenegro and Bulgaria. His planned schedule includes these overnight stops:

  • 1 January: Samorin, Slovakia
  • 2 January: Komarno, Slovakia (the town where I made my first real snowman!)
  • 3 January: Dorog, Hungary
  • 4 January: Sari, Hungary
  • 5 January: Kiskunfelekyhaza, Hungary
  • 6 January: Kubekhaza, Hungary
  • and on through Serbia and Montenegro until
  • 14 January: Vasksevo, Bulgaria

If you're along Manfred's route, try to show up and support his big effort. You can get more info at his website (not all is available in English - try the German section for dates and town names) at World Charity Run.