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I can’t stop thinking about Chris Traeger and his goal to run to the moon. That’s a little much for me, but I can envision me running around the world. Heck, when I look at my Runkeeper stats, I have already run 1,817 miles. And that only counts only the runs that I have logged with Runkeeper.

I’ve decided that my goal is to run around the world. If I just ran around the circumference of the Earth, it would be about 24,906 miles, but that’s boring. I want to see every continent, so I’m going to use the path that I was going to use for a Race Around The World contest back in 2007.

I was going to sponsor a cooperative run in which all of us could add our miles and race around the world in a month, but I couldn’t get it to work with Nike+, so I had to abandon the idea, but it has lived in the back of my mind for the last six years. In fact, some of the songs on my workout playlist are named Around The World just because of this idea.

Here is the mileage and a list of the cities I would like to “visit”:

• London, England – Starting Point
• Paris, France – 207 miles
• Rome, Italy – 902 miles
• Berlin, Germany – 1,639 miles
• Moscow, Russia – 2,644 miles
• New Delhi, India – 5,322 miles
• Hong Kong, China – 7,675 miles
• Melbourne, Australia – 12,305 miles
• Antartica – 14,314 miles
• Los Angeles, USA – 22,977 miles
• Rio de Janeiro, Brazil – 29,272 miles
• Cape Town, South Africa – 33,047 miles
• Cairo, Egypt – 37,549 miles
• Back to London, England – 39,725 miles

Based on my miles, I’ve already been to London, Paris, Rome and Berlin. I’m currently making my trek to Moscow. I wonder how long it will take me to get to Russia.

Here are some motivational songs [iTunes Link] if you decide that this is your goal as well:

• Around the World (Radio Edit) – Daft Punk
• Around the World – Red Hot Chili Peppers
• Around the World – Aqua
• All Around the World (feat. Ludacris) – Justin Bieber
• Around the World – Christina Aguilera
• Around the World (La La La La La) – ATC
• All Around the World (Remix Lady B 128 BPM) – Workout Ultimate Hits 2013, Vol. 1 – Remixes Ideal For Gym, Fitness, Aerobics, Cardio