After a 7300-kilometre journey filled with blizzards, storms and searing heat, Tim Franklin became the first Australian to run from the west coast of the United States to the east coast.
On a desolate stretch of road in North Carolina, Tim Franklin’s dream to become the fastest man to run around the world is inching closer to reality, one step at a time.
Now, the former lawyer and running coach is trying to set a new world record by covering just over 26,000 kilometres across five continents in 434 days. But those who have watched him document his odyssey on social media would also know how close he came to ending his dream recently, and how mentally difficult it was to get back into the swing of things.On May 19, Franklin got a call from his parents informing him that his father’s terminal illness had progressed more rapidly than they had expected, and that he only had a few days to live.
“When I got back, I thought, should I even be here?” he says, shortly after returning to North Carolina. “Leaving my mum and my family behind was really tough, but Dad really wanted me to get this run done, so here I am. Mentally it’s friggin’ hard, though. The aim, he says, was simply to inspire people to get active. Franklin himself used to weigh 120 kilograms and lived what he describes as a “sedentary life”.
Franklin’s US highlight, for instance, took place in the Texan town of Cactus, population 3179, when an elementary school teacher reached out and asked if his students could join a running leg.“This town was barely a blip on the map, but we had about 30 kids from different parts of the globe joining me. It was just amazing because that’s the whole premise of this run: to meet people and inspire them to get moving.
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