Run Around The World With Kev is being organised by multi-day ultramarathon series Ultra X and Surrey-based ultrarunner Kevin Webber, who was diagnosed with incurable prostate cancer in 2014.
Entrants in the virtual race have from 10am GMT on December 30 until 12pm GMT on January 1 to complete the 24,901-mile distance. The extended time takes into account the first place on earth New Year’s Eve occurs (Samoa) and the last place it hits (Baker Islands in the Pacific).