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Russian sportsman will run from Moscow to Beijing

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Russian sportsman will run from Moscow to Beijing


02.03.2017

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Alexander Kaper, frequently attributed as the "Russian Forrest Gump" intends to hit a new trail. The start is planned for the nearest Saturday, as per RIA Novosti. This time Kaper’s route lies from Moscow to the capital of China. The distance from the start to the finish is about eight thousand km. He reckons to cover this way for two hundred days.

Mr. Kaper will have to cross sixteen regions of Russia and borders of three states. At this, any citizen of towns he will pass by along the way can join his marathon.

The traveler believes that every person can overcome personal boundaries. “I will run from Moscow to Beijing across the whole country, this is my dream”, Kaper stated.

He has been going for “running tourism” for a long time making long-distance races. He has already completed single marathon from Samara to Moscow equaling one thousand five hundred km, and race from Sevastopol to Simferopol. Besides, he ran one hundred and nine km around MKAD and participated in peace-making marathon from Donetsk to Lugansk. 

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