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'Forrest Gump' grandmother finishes incredible FIVE-YEAR run

dailymail.co.uk — Rosie Swale-Pope set foot on British soil for the first time in almost five years since she set out on a 'Forrest Gump' style round-the-world run. The 61-year-old has covered 20,000 miles on foot, enduring freezing temperatures, being held up by a naked axeman and brushes with bears and packs of wolves.

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  • Lorddias, on 06/19/2008, -1/+44She took the Google directions on swimming across the Atlantic literally didn't she?
  • saralovemuffins, on 06/18/2008, -0/+20Run, Granny, runnn!
  • magicjohnson, on 06/18/2008, -1/+20Pretty incredible stuff. I run for 45 minutes and I'm gassed. Anybody have any idea how much money she raised?
  • inactive, on 06/19/2008, -0/+18She looks great for a grandmother, not that im saying anything..... you know.....
  • inactive, on 06/18/2008, -1/+18Awesome. Perfect retirement activity.
  • aenegeling, on 06/19/2008, -0/+14Dear god... at first glance I thought she was carrying her grandmother around the world in a coffin with baloons attached. On second glance I realised that the woman has had some kind of hair colour treatment, and that this woman is indeed the grandmother the article is refering to.
  • ironeus, on 08/01/2008, -2/+14that granny sure is a runnin fool!
  • bonjourmr, on 06/19/2008, -0/+6Two more golden oldies:

    Cliff Young - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cliff_Young_%28athlet ...

    Buster Martin - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buster_Martin

    Incredible stories if you have time to read them, both very inspirational.
  • inactive, on 06/18/2008, -1/+7Simply amazing by any standard!
  • drimsun, on 06/19/2008, -0/+5I'm sure someone just clicked this in the hopes of seeing a gilf.
  • megamod, on 06/19/2008, -0/+5I wasn't interested on this article until I saw this : "being held up by a naked axeman and brushes with bears and packs of wolves." and just had to find out what the hell was going on.

    and BTW...at first glance I thought it sais forest gump's grandmother...GG
  • spaniardhobo, on 06/19/2008, -1/+6Have you read the article? here is some siberian zen:

    "The temperatures get so low that everything freezes solid. If you lose your concentration for just a little while you can be lost for good"

    "She also encountered grizzly bears and coyotes and was followed by wolves in Siberia."

    "She was hit by a bus on a road in Siberia after becoming disorientated by a bout of pneumonia. "

    'Another time in Siberia I was trying to cross a river when I got hit by a log and washed downstream - everything blacked out but somehow I managed to catch a branch.
    'It took me two days to walk back upstream to where I'd left my provisions. Looking back, I shudder at some of the danger I was in.'

    Nothing but you, nature and escaping death by inches. Sounds so zen.
  • dudefaceguyman, on 06/19/2008, -0/+5***** that..

    When I retire the closest thing to this I'd do is drive 20,000 miles in a little Rascal Power Scooter.
  • batista86, on 06/19/2008, -0/+5Mama says they was magic shoes. They could take me anywhere
  • gl77, on 06/19/2008, -1/+545 minutes? christ, i run for 5 feet and im out of breath. ive made a choice not to run for any reason. ever. if i need to get somewhere fast, i will power walk, but i wont run.
  • MacEnvy, on 06/19/2008, -0/+4What, you average more I suppose?
  • duder83, on 06/19/2008, -0/+4she could have just bought a wii fit
  • guillebravo6, on 06/18/2008, -1/+5stay fit granny!
  • mickstephenson, on 06/19/2008, -0/+4yup.. and it didn't disappoint!
  • gl77, on 06/19/2008, -0/+3power walking usually helps, but i choose to get eaten by a bear rather than run....yes....i am that committed to my decision.
  • reisrocks, on 06/19/2008, -1/+4bye bye bone. hello plastic hips.
  • travbrack, on 06/19/2008, -1/+4Holy crap that JavaScript image viewer is amazing
  • itsradBrad, on 06/19/2008, -0/+3Pretty amazing. I can only imaging how meditative running through the Siberian countryside at night must be. It's sounds so zen; nothing but you, nature and your thoughts.
  • jamesdew, on 06/19/2008, -0/+3damn I was on digg all evening
  • alihaq717, on 06/19/2008, -0/+3"The winters in Siberia and Alaska were the toughest challenge, she said. ' The temperatures get so low that everything freezes solid. If you lose your concentration for just a little while you can be lost for good.'"

    This granny is tougher than Forrest for sure.
  • cerejota, on 06/19/2008, -1/+4GILF
  • eShinn, on 06/19/2008, -0/+3Man, I'm about to pass out just from reading the article.
  • monoa, on 06/19/2008, -0/+2Much better, non-Daily Mail version:
    http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/south_west/745982 ...
  • monoa, on 06/19/2008, -0/+2Non-Daily Mail:
    http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/south_west/745982 ...
  • reisrocks, on 06/19/2008, -0/+2You're right, so let me rephrase :

    Bye bye joints. Hello plastic hips, and/or knee surgery.
  • 32bytes, on 06/19/2008, -0/+2isn't it just lightbox with rounded corners?
  • neo926, on 06/19/2008, -0/+2She just felt like running.
  • sittered, on 06/19/2008, -0/+2Nothing like a 61-year-old walking 1/12 the distance from the earth to the moon to make you feel useless in the morning.
  • ukblacknight, on 06/19/2008, -0/+2It was on national and BBC Wales news yesterday evening.
  • cyberkode, on 06/19/2008, -0/+2Boomin granny...
  • dafragsta, on 06/19/2008, -0/+2I seriously doubt she has or will ever get osteoporosis if she can run for 5 years. That only strengthens bones by putting them under constant strain.
  • itsradBrad, on 06/19/2008, -0/+2Yes actually, it does. And for the record, she couldn't have been facing a constant onslaught of deadly animals. She must have been out there a while, and I'm referring more to the less deadly moments.

    Escaping death by inches has an interesting way of making you feel very, very alive.
  • inactive, on 06/19/2008, -1/+3"i run for 5 feet and im out of breath"

    Tip: Don't run in place.
  • inactive, on 06/19/2008, -0/+2Impressive
  • eShinn, on 06/19/2008, -0/+1I managed to take out the bangle tiger with a can of mace. But the shop keeper and his son, that was a different story all together. I had to beat them to death with his own shoe.
  • MacEnvy, on 06/19/2008, -0/+1I don't know, I think 6 hours per day for 5 years straight, across several continents, through winter and summer, is pretty impressive.
  • MaddieCakes, on 06/19/2008, -0/+1lol No she couldn't; not for their retail price, anyway, not right now.
  • eShinn, on 06/19/2008, -0/+150 big ones says she sits down in the sofa, turns on the tube and then realizes, "Christ I'm bored as hell already!"
  • eShinn, on 06/19/2008, -0/+1LMFAO!
  • tidu, on 06/19/2008, -0/+1what about bears?
  • KingGorilla, on 06/19/2008, -0/+1She did get 29 marriage proposals
  • eShinn, on 06/19/2008, -0/+1o.O
  • eShinn, on 06/19/2008, -0/+1Since when do tangents stay within topic?
  • MaddieCakes, on 06/19/2008, -0/+1How in the WORLD does that apply here?
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