In 2024, Ryan Protecting made headlines from coast to coast–actually. Over the course of 99 days, the Halifax ultrarunner accomplished a cross-country trek that took him from St. John’s, NL, all the best way to Victoria, a journey of greater than 7,300 kilometres, all whereas fundraising for the Coronary heart & Stroke Basis.
Since then, the unbelievable feats of endurance operating haven’t stopped, and Protecting was quickly again at it, with extra outlandish exams of resolve, together with a 250-km ultramarathon in beneath 44 hours and a ten–day, 660-km journey that noticed him run the complete size of Florida, fully unsupported.
Now, Protecting is again within the information–and the document books–with maybe his most audacious problem but: changing into the quickest particular person to run the complete perimeter of Iceland, a journey of practically 1,400 km alongside its iconic Ring Street. Battling every part the northern nation needed to throw at him, Protecting stopped the clock in Reykjavik at 14 days, 13 hours and 38 minutes, breaking the present document by virtually two days. On this episode of The Shakeout Podcast we meet up with the brand new world document holder to speak concerning the run itself, Protecting’s origin story in endurance operating and the way it all begins with inspiring others to “flip the swap” and tackle the unimaginable.
Observe Ryan’s journey on Instagram, @Ryan.Protecting
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