Photo: #Rosie Swale Pope has run 21,000 miles so far. She is circumnavigating the planet on foot to honor her husband, who died of prostate cancer. She hopes her run will bring awareness, and raise money for cancer and other charities.
Photo: #When she runs, Rosie Swale Pope pulls this 300-pound cart behind her. It's where she sleeps, and it contains her provisions which include a cooking stove and a sleeping bag.
Photo: #The inside of Rosie's cart, which is her home on wheels while she runs around the world. She carries her provisions, including food, clothing and a sleeping bag in the cart, which weighs 300 pounds.
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Rosie Swale Pope has run 21,000 miles so far. She is circumnavigating the planet on foot to honor her husband, who died of prostate cancer. She hopes her run will bring awareness, and raise money for cancer and other charities. (MPR Photo/Tom Crann)
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Around the world for cancer awareness

April 5, 2007

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Minneapolis, Minn. — Rosie Swale Pope has been running around the world for three and a half years to raise cancer awareness.

So far, she's worn out 38 pairs of running shoes. She's covered 21,000 miles and still has 4,000 to go.

Pope, who is 60, tries to cover 15 to 20 miles a day. She started in her native Wales, and has since run through Europe, central Asia, Siberia, and down through Alaska and Canada.

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Rosie's cart

She's done it all while pulling her gear behind her in a 300-pound rolling cart.

MPR's Tom Crann caught up with Rosie Swale Pope Thursday morning at a stop in Minneapolis. She explained why she decided to memorialize her husband, who died of prostate cancer, by running around the world.

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