Running
There is an annual marathon in the Island together with a number of half marathons and shorter runs organised annually. The Easter running festival is also popular with its cross-country course.
Athletes also compete within and for Hampshire County.
Charity running events are also well represented.
Hash House Harriers, Hash House Harriets, and Guernsey Full Moon HHH events add to the fun of the sport.
Mike Meinke completed the 156 mile Marathon des Sables across the Sahara in 2013.
Read more about this topic: Sport In Guernsey
Famous quotes containing the word running:
“...give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, will be put into your lap; for the measure you give will be the measure you get back.”
—Bible: New Testament, Luke 6:38.
“... with dozens of as yet
Unrealized projects, and a strict sense
Of time running out, of evening presenting
The tactfully folded-over bill?”
—John Ashbery (b. 1927)
“It’s not like I was out there running and not knowing what’s going on in the country. I knew what was going on, but I felt this is not something that is going to bog me down and not let me participate. The only way I was going to make a difference for myself or any other black person is to say the hurdles were there and do what I had to do.”
—Wyomia Tyus (b. 1945)