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>>> I'M
>>> I'M PRETTY TIRED. I THINK I 4@WILL GO HOME NOW.
>> RUNNING BACK AND FORTH
ACROSS AMERICA FOR A YEAR AND A
HALF, RETRACING THE JOURNEY4@4@
MADE BY FORREST GUMP IN THE
1994 OSCAR-WINNING MOVIE.
I CAUGHT UP WITH HIM LAST YEAR
WHEN HE CAME THROUGH OUR AREA.
A VETERINARIAN FROM LIVERPOOL
IN THE UK LITERALLY PUT HIS
LIFE ON HOLD TO UNDERTAKE ONE
OF THE 4@MOST REMARKABLE ATHLET
FEATS EVER, 40, 50, EVEN 60
MILES A DAY TO RAISE MONEY FOR
CHARITY AND CHASE A LIFELONG
DREAM.
DREAM.
DREAM. HE
DREAM. HE IS4@ WITH US TONIGHT FROM
FLAGSTAFF, ARIZONA, JUST SOUTH
OF MONUMENT VALLEY WHERE HE
FINISHED HIS EPIC JOURNEY. 4@
THE BIG QUESTION I HAVE FOR YOU
NOW IS, HOW DO YOU FEEL.
YOU'VE RUN MORE THAN 15,500
MILES.
MILES.
MILES. YOUR LEGS HAVE GOT TO HURT 4@A
LITTLE BIT.
LITTLE BIT. >> Reporter: IT'S JUST AN
OPPORTUNITY --
OPPORTUNITY -- >> IT'S JUST AN OPPORTUNITY AND
I'M REALLY TIRED.
I THINK I'LL GO HOME NOW.
>> Reporter: LET'S GO BACKWARDS
IN TIME TO WHEN 4@YOU STARTED
THIS JOURNEY 4@IN SEPTEMBER 201
I WANT TO KNOW WHAT MOTIVATED
YOU 4@TO DO THIS. WHEN YOU TOOK
THE FIRST STEPS ON THE FIRST
DAY, DID YOU EVER THINK THAT
YOU WOULD BE ABLE TO REACH THIS
PINNACLE MOMENT AND ACTUALLY
FINISH THIS EPIC RUN?
>> NOT REALLY. 4@
I'M AN OPTIMIST BUT I WANTED TO
GO ACROSS AMERICA FOR AGES 4@AN
4@AGES.
4@AGES.
4@AGES. BUT I DIDN'T KNOW IF I COULD DO
IT. I
IT. I
IT. I THOUGHT I WOULDN'T JUST CROSS
AMERICA, I WILL DO IT FOR
CHARITY.
CHARITY.
CHARITY. I DIDN'T WANT TO DEPEND ON TOO
MUCH AT THE START.
WHEN I WAS AT SANTA MONICA THE
FIRST TIME,4@ WE WERE HALFWAY
THERE.
THERE.
THERE. THAN YOUR THINKING, --4@ BEEN Y
ARE THINKING, THIS IS REALLY
HAPPENING.
HAPPENING. >> GRANDFATHER MOUNTAIN,4@ IN
NORTH CAROLINA, THE SANTA
MONICA PIER, YOU HAD TO BE PART
CARTOGRAPHER AND PART RUNNERS
TO THIS ALL OUT.
>> A FRIEND OF MINE 4@ASKED 4@H
LONG4@ -- HOW OFTEN I LOOKED AT
THE MAP.
THE MAP.
THE MAP. I FELT LIKE I WAS GOING BACK TO
SCHOOL AND LEARNING G4@EOGRAPHY
TO YOU HAVE DOCUMENTED YOUR
JOURNEY ON SOCIAL MEDIA.
ONE OF THE THINGS YOU SAID IS
THAT YOUR MOTHER, BEFORE SHE
PASSED AWAY, TOLD YOU TO DO
SOMETHING THAT MAKES A BIG 4@
DIFFERENCE.
DIFFERENCE. DO ONE THING THAT MAKES A BIG
DIFFERENCE IN THIS LIFE.
THIS IS WHAT YOU TOOK ON TO DO
THAT.
THAT.
THAT. WHY
THAT. WHY DO YOU THINK THIS RUN HAS
MADE A DIFFERENCE?
>> IT MAKES SOMEONE SMILE.
WE HAVE ALL KINDS OF MESSAGES
SAYING THIS HAS INSPIRED ME TO
DO THIS OR THAT.
EVEN SOMEONE WHO SAID YOU HAVE
INSPIRED ME TO DO THINGS I
NEVER THOUGHT OF.
THAT'S UNBELIEVABLE THAT I
COULD DO THAT.
>> YOU PUT YOUR LIFE ON HOLD TO
DO THIS RUN, AT A GREAT
PERSONAL COST.
PERSONAL COST. >> WE HAD LIFE SAVINGS WE WERE
GOING TO SPEND ON A HOUSE.
THAT WAS TAKEN AWAY BUT IT WAS
ALWAYS, THAT WILL COME THROUGH.
WE HAD TO CARRY ON.
I WASN'T GOING TO BE DRAGGED
OFF THE COURSE FOR ONE REASON
OR OTHER.
OR OTHER.
OR OTHER. >> WE'VE ACTUALLY GOT SOME
VIDEO OF AN ENGAGEMENT THAT
HAPPENED IN MO4@NUMENT VALLEY.
>> WE HAD BEEN DOING IS A
WHILE.
WHILE.
WHILE. I
WHILE. I THOUGHT, WHEN CAN I DO THIS.
SHE SACRIFICED SO MUCH FOR ME.
SHE SAID YES.4@
>> YOU HAVE DONE AN AMAZING
JOB.
JOB.
JOB. YOU
JOB. YOU HAVE RAISED OVER $50,000
FOR YOUR TWO CHARITIES, WORLD
WILDLIFE FUND AND PEACE DIRECT.
IT HAS BEEN FANTASTIC KNOWING
YOU AND FOLLOWING YOU.
WE WISH YOU ALL THE BEST, FOR 4@
YOU AND YOUR FAMILY, AND YOUR