DOHA: To show residents and nationals the power of human spirit, raise awareness of the country’s natural beauty and promote healthy living, a Qatar resident, Pierre Daniel, has launched a challenge “Alone, A Run Around Qatar” #RunAroundQatar.
The challenge, including an official world record attempt is presented by MBM Transport and with key partners Katara and Aspire, is running from February 18 to 24 2018 in the name of Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani.
The challenge will see a Frenchman Pierre Daniel, a resident for over ten years, undertaking the first athletic run to circumnavigate Qatar’s border covering over 439km on foot in no more than seven days.
Additionally, during the challenge (on days three to five) Pierre will attempt to set a new official world record for the fastest run North to South in Qatar.
Pierre will be under-taking the challenge alone, receiving no assistance from his support team, who will only be capturing key moments of the run to share the challenge with the public.
Throughout the challenge, Pierre will carry all his clothing and necessary supplies.
However, he must source his water along the way, either from farms or local population he passes, with distances as far as 50km to travel from one water source to another. His entire equipment and food supply for the challenge weighs only 7.515kg (without water) but he will carry at times an additional 10kg of water.
During the challenge, supporters can follow Pierre via a unique tracking portal developed by Aspire Zone’s IT team, which will show live tracking of Pierre’s progress including distance covered, speed, heart-rate and more at www.alone.aspirezone.qa
Pierre will start his challenge on February 18 at 7am from Katara. Pierre, aims to finish at 10:30am on Saturday, February 24 and hopes Qatari runners (young and old) will join him for the final couple of kilometres within Katara.Pierre is supported by MBM transport, Katara, Aspire Zone, Garmin, Xtork and Pro-TV.
