Richard Bowles

Richard Bowles is an adventurer, corporate educator and professional dog trainer, born in Leicester, England, in 1978, who holds several records in endurance running. In 2012 he became the first person to run Australia Bicentennial National Trail, 5,330 kilometres from Healesville, Victoria, to Cooktown, Queensland, in five months, and two weeks later he became the first to run New Zealand Te Araroa, 3,054 kilometres. In 2013 he ran the 1,009 kilometre Israel National Trail in 13 days and in 2014 he ran the 1,200 kilometre Heysen Trail in South Australia in 14 days, well inside the previous 25 day record. In 2018 he lived with and studied the Marathon Monks of Mount Hiei in Japan.