Schoolchildren have begun their 7,289km mission to run a distance equivalent from Addis Ababa to Hanoi.
And more than 7,000 primary schoolchildren from Brighton and Hove and Worthing will be donning their togs for Run the World again today and tomorrow.
Over the course of three action-packed days, which started at Preston Park in Brighton yesterday, children between the ages of seven and 11 will be on the fitness trail as they cover a kilometre each.
The aim is to simulate the journey from Addis Ababa to Hanoi – 7,289 kilometres.
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Twenty-two Brighton schools and 14 from the Worthing area have signed up an impressive total of 7,864 pupils who will cast aside their text books for the day in return for a taste of a virtual journey of a lifetime.
Today, the young runners will be in Hove Park, Hove, and on Friday runners will clock up the metres at Homefield Park in Worthing.
Andy Shaddick from Southern Water, who is sponsoring the event, said: “We are delighted to again be supporting this fantastic sporting challenge for local schoolchildren across Brighton and Hove and Worthing.”
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