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We're running around the world for nine brilliant charities.
24,894 virtual miles each. One very competitive friendship.

People + Move + Outside = Medicine. Human contact, movement and time outdoors. That’s our philosophy, our jobs, and why we’re running - and why everyone’s welcome in Team Extreme.

Nurse Hopkins and Dr Strings together in the countryside at sunset. — Dr Strings & Nurse HopkinsOne world. Two determined runners.

ONE RACE · NINE CHARITIES

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One donation. Nine charities.

Your gift supports the whole race, whoever you’re cheering on.

Good for people.

60% supports seven local causes helping people with learning disabilities find friendship, creativity, skills and opportunities.

Good for the natural world.

40% supports World Land Trust and Woodland Trust, protecting habitats, wildlife and woodland.

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Two runners.
One world.

Dr Strings and Nurse Hopkins are racing 24,894 miles around the world. Who’ll get there first?

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Dr Strings

384.07 miles

24,894-mile target1.54%

Nurse Hopkins

224.98 miles

24,894-mile target0.90%

£1,500raised together for nine charities

Supporting people with learning disabilities and protecting the natural world.

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Follow the journey around the world

Follow Dr Strings and Nurse Hopkins around the world.

The world race atlasHastings → the world → Hastings

24,894-mile virtual route

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Dr StringsNurse HopkinsBoth have coveredBetween the runnersStill to go

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The whole route, one place at a time

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Chapter 1Hastings to Paris
1. HastingsStart · 0 miles
2. Rye9.6 miles
3. Camber Sands14 miles
4. Dungeness20.2 miles
5. Folkestone34.7 miles
6. Dover41.8 miles
7. English Channel54.5 miles
8. Calais68.4 miles
9. Paris214.5 miles
Chapter 2Europe and the Caucasus
1. Black Forest600 miles
2. Vienna900 miles
3. Budapest1,010 miles
4. Belgrade1,260 miles
5. Istanbul1,616 miles
6. Tbilisi2,438.4 miles
Chapter 3Armenia, Iran and the Silk Road
1. Yerevan2,545.3 miles
2. Tabriz2,718.8 miles
3. Tehran3,047.4 miles
4. Isfahan3,253.3 miles
5. Yazd3,418.4 miles
6. Mashhad3,841.2 miles
7. Ashgabat3,974.3 miles
8. Bukhara4,323.2 miles
9. Samarkand4,457 miles
Chapter 4India and the Himalayas
1. Delhi5,416.3 miles
2. Agra5,530.5 miles
3. Lucknow5,710.3 miles
4. Kathmandu5,987 miles
Chapter 5Tibet and China
1. Lhasa6,362.1 miles
2. Chengdu7,139.6 miles
3. Xian7,515.2 miles
4. Shanghai8,273.4 miles
5. Beijing8,936.6 miles
Chapter 6Mongolia and Siberia
1. Ulaanbaatar9,663.1 miles
2. Irkutsk9,986.5 miles
3. Yakutsk11,141.8 miles
4. Magadan11,868.6 miles
Chapter 7Chukotka and the Bering Strait
1. Anadyr12,791.3 miles
2. Egvekinot12,936.7 miles
3. Lavrentiya13,171.8 miles
4. Uelen13,224.1 miles
5. Wales13,285.6 miles
6. Nome13,394.7 miles
Chapter 8Alaska and western Canada
1. Koyuk13,523.6 miles
2. Galena13,648.7 miles
3. Nenana13,880.6 miles
4. Fairbanks13,925.6 miles
5. Whitehorse14,415.3 miles
6. Vancouver15,333.2 miles
Chapter 9Pacific coast and the western parks
1. Seattle15,454.7 miles
2. Portland15,599.3 miles
3. San Francisco16,134.2 miles
4. Yosemite16,289.4 miles
5. Los Angeles16,562.1 miles
6. Grand Canyon16,908.3 miles
7. Zion16,981.2 miles
8. Bryce Canyon17,035.4 miles
9. Capitol Reef17,102.5 miles
10. Arches17,197.3 miles
11. Salt Lake City17,386.1 miles
12. Grand Teton17,605.4 miles
13. Yellowstone17,659.9 miles
Chapter 10American plains and eastern cities
1. Cody17,733.4 miles
2. Rapid City18,023.1 miles
3. Badlands18,069.2 miles
4. Chicago18,831.9 miles
5. Louisville19,101.2 miles
6. Lexington19,170.2 miles
7. Washington, D.C.19,579.4 miles
8. New York19,783 miles
9. Boston19,970.7 miles
Chapter 11Canada, Greenland and Iceland
1. Montreal20,222.9 miles
2. Quebec20,368.1 miles
3. Halifax20,766.4 miles
4. St. John's21,326.6 miles
5. Nuuk22,475.1 miles
6. Tasiilaq22,898.5 miles
7. Reykjavik23,368.7 miles
8. Akureyri23,522.6 miles
Chapter 12Shetland, Scotland and home
1. Lerwick24,174.8 miles
2. Inverness24,390.5 miles
3. Edinburgh24,502.2 miles
4. York24,664.4 miles
5. London24,838.3 miles
6. HastingsFinish · 24,894 miles

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Big journeys. Good company.

The people, the places and the story so far.

One world. Quite a rivalry.

Meet Dr Strings and Nurse Hopkins, and find out how the race works.

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Good for people. Good for the planet.

Nine charities, from local friendships to forests around the world.

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From the trail. With love.

The latest adventures, friendly rivalry and stories from our charities.

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