Tony Mangan (runner)

Tony Mangan is an Irish ultra distance runner, born in Dublin in 1957, who did not start running until he was almost thirty. He holds the world 48 hour indoor track record of 426.178 kilometres, set at the Jami Brno Spring Ultramarathon and recognised by the International Association of Ultrarunners in 2007, and the world 48 hour treadmill record of 405.22 kilometres. His World Jog began at the Dublin Marathon on 25 October 2010 and ended there on 27 October 2014, covering about 50,000 kilometres across North, Central and South America, Australia, Asia and Europe, close to a marathon a day. He pushed a buggy named Nirvana carrying his tent and supplies, and ran to raise money for the depression charity Aware.