The 43-year old will cover a distance of 650 km along the east-west highway. The G4S security personnel working at the US embassy in Bahrain had last year run a distance of 900 km from Panchthar to Kathmandu. [break]
"There is a misconception that one cannot run long distances at the age of 43 and I want to challenge that notion," Rai said at a press conference, adding he plans to run 80 km to 90 km per day.
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