In 2015, Rob Young won the 3,131-mile ‘Race Across USA’ marathon series, crossing the finish line 30 hours ahead of his nearest rival (http://raceacrossusa.org/results/). Soon after, Rob Young and fellow endurance athlete Adam Holland between them ran and cycled over 2,200 miles around the UK in 25 days as part of the 2015 peace torch […]
Record-breaking distance runners Wilson Kipsang, Rob Young (Marathon Man UK) and Adam Holland today united to encourage runners across the UK to join Young and Holland for the 2016 Kenya Peace Torch Relay (21-30 October 2016: run4peace.co.uk). They were pictured at Tower Bridge with the relay torch, which began its journey in Kenya’s North Rift […]
Launched in July with a ‘Champions walk for peace’ by some of the World’s greatest athletes to help raise funds for the Aegis Trust to establish a school for peace in Kenya’s troubled North Rift Valley, the Kenya peace torch relay has travelled over 3,500 miles across Kenya, the UK and USA in 2015 with […]
World record-breaking ultra runner Rob Young (‘Marathon Man UK’) last night became Monaco’s prestigious Peace & Sport Champion of the Year following an international online public vote.
He was nominated for the award after leading a 25-day, 2,200-mile torch relay around the UK with fellow record-breaker Adam Holland as part of the ‘Champions Walk for […]
An international 3,500-mile torch relay for peace in Kenya – launched by some of the World’s top athletes with the Aegis Trust in the country’s troubled North Rift Valley in July – reached its conclusion in New York on Monday, following the NYC Marathon, when US ultra-runners Alex Ramsey and Pat Sweeney handed back the […]