- A Limerick pensioner who says he has walked more than twice the circumference of the Earth is bidding for world record recognition.
- Vinod Bajaj, who walks on average 37km a day, has applied to Guinness World Records for the title of greatest cumulative distance walked solo.
- The circumference of the Earth is around 40,000km.
- The married father of one is originally from India but has lived in Ireland for almost 50 years, 39 of those in Limerick.
- Mr. Bajaj says on some days he sets off from his home in Castletroy and walks for eight hours, and has covered a marathon distance 218 times, and more than 50km on 24 occasions. His longest daily shift was 55km.
- The retired business consultant, who worked for several multinational companies, has worn 21 pairs of running shoes in the last seven years.
- He jokes he is the “Forrest Gump of Limerick”, although he has covered many more kilometers than Tom Hanks’ character did in his five runs across the US in the 1994 movie.
- “I’ve done about 2,000 kilometers, more than twice around the Earth, so maybe I am the Forrest Gump of 2023 or the Forrest Gump of Limerick,” he said.
- Keeping healthy is Mr Bajaj’s main motivation.
- When he first committed to his intensive walking schedule in 2016, he lost 20kg in the first nine months and has since maintained that weight.
- He weighs himself every morning and aims to burn 1,600 calories each day.
- His walking app estimates he has burned off more than three million calories in seven years.
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