Runner's World

JUNE 2018 RUNNERSWORLD.CO.UK 023

WORDS: RICK PEARSON.

PHOTOGRAPHS: NICK BUTTER

HRH R

CITIZEN OF THE WORLD

On his great adventure

Nick has been alone for long

periods suffered aches and

pains met wonderful people

seen some extraordinary

sights made a smiley face

from a piece of watermelon

and occasionally tried to

remember which country

he was in. You can follow

his progress by visiting

nickbutterrunning.com

THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT. ‘THE WHOLE TRIP

IS CARBON NEUTRAL’ SAYS NICK

Coldest marathon

so far in Toronto

Canada. ‘It was the

first of the whole trip’

Hottest marathon so

far in Haiti. A support

car was used to

ensure Nick’s safety

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Average number of 4:11

hours spent in

each country

£250

000

ZERO

Sixty

15

Number of

blisters Nick has

developed...so far

Fastest marathon so

far in Trinidad

APPROXIMATE NUMBER OF STEPS TAKEN SO FAR ON THE ADVENTURE

The number of days

the challenge will

take. (Rest days

are crucial!)

Number of pairs

of trainers Nick

will wear out

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1

200

000

AMOUNT OF MONEY NICK IS AIMING TO RAISE FOR

PROSTATE CANCER UK (PROSTATECANCERUK.ORG).

Bumps on the head to

date: one from a tree

and the other from

a road sign

TWO

BY THE NUMBERS

NICK

BUTTER

28 BRISTOL RUNNING A MARATHON IN

EVERY COUNTRY IN THE WORLD

NICK BUTTER was in the Sahara

when he decided to run a marathon

in every country of the world. That’s

196 marathons. He was running the

Marathon des Sables and was bunking

with Kevin Webber (RW April 2018) who

has terminal prostate cancer. ‘Kevin told

me “Do what you really want to do”’

says Nick. ‘And what I’d really wanted

to do for many years is to run a marathon

in every country.’ The journey itself is

remarkable but it’s the message that

is truly important: raising awareness of

prostate cancer. ‘It’s such an underfunded

poorly understood disease so it’s great

to feel this challenge is helping to bring

it to people’s attention’ says Nick.