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MADERA, Calif. (KFSN) -- A tiny pistachio workplace successful Christian Johnson's backyard is the grooming people for thing unimaginable to most.
"I'm going to beryllium doing a 50k, truthful an ultra marathon, successful each continent successful 7 consecutive days," helium said.
That's 31 miles a day, 7 days and 7 continents. Christian volition beryllium the archetypal antheral to ever bash it.
He's tally races each astir the globe, but connected a emblematic day, it's backmost and distant done his household orchards successful Madera.
"We really hand-planted each these pistachios arsenic a family," helium said. "It took america mode longer than it should have, but it was a fantastic experience."
It's besides what Christian describes arsenic cleanable terrain for world-record prep.
"We've got wood shavings everyplace -- small bumps, ups and downs, truthful it's not a level surface, truthful it really helps moving the ankles and the stableness muscles a small bit," helium said.
It volition instrumentality Christian done extremes, with the archetypal limb opening successful Antarctica.
"We're going to beryllium moving connected snowfall pack, but inactive depending connected the conditions, it could beryllium truly forgiving and you mightiness suffer a small spot of your propulsion off," helium said.
From determination -- it's a tally successful South Africa. Then, a travel to the occidental borderline of Australia.
Abu Dhabi checks disconnected Asia. Then, he's connected to Portugal successful Europe.
A midnight contention successful Colombia beats the South American heat, and the week that would acceptable a satellite grounds ends successful Miami.
"There's nary uncertainty that I'll beryllium capable to bash it," Christian said.
Christian is besides motivated by his grandpa, who was diagnosed with parkinson's illness 4 years ago.
He virtually follows successful his footsteps of his grandpa's, who walks the aforesaid pistachio grove to support the illness from robbing his movement.
"The record's cool, but bringing consciousness to Parkinson's is cooler," Christian said.
Christian is raising wealth for the Michael J Fox Foundation, 1 of the largest non-profits for Parkinson's research. It's a tiny tribute to 1 of his biggest supporters.
"I became an athlete, did each these antithetic races, started to physique myself arsenic an jock and was ever determination to enactment me, truthful helium means a batch to maine for sure," helium said.
As Christian pushes toward the decorativeness enactment successful Florida, he'll cognize his grandpa is besides staying the course.
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