Million-dollar-run ‘from the sea to the stars’

Daniel Komen, a living legend and the current world record holder at 3,000 metres and two miles, has achieved what no other man has on this globe, in the running world - being the only man alive to run two miles in under eight minutes.

Yet, there was one race he wished he had ran: “I wanted to go on that journey. I wanted to run ‘from the Sea to the Stars’ with Toby, up the mountain.”

Two-time New York Marathon Champion, German Silva of Mexico, was another: “The next time you do something crazy, Toby, let me know. I’m coming!”

It was an event that captured the imagination: A run from Africa’s very shoreline to its highest ceiling.

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