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RacingThePlanet celebrated its 15-year anniversary in 2017. This page looks back at our first fifteen years through photos, features and news. You can also learn more about RacingThePlanet and view our History page for details of each event since the inaugural 4 Deserts race at Gobi March (China) 2003.

LOOKING BACK IN PHOTOS

RacingThePlanet competitors, volunteers and staff reveal their favorite photos from the past 15 years.

Mary Gadams, RacingThePlanet Founder Mary Gadams, RacingThePlanet Founder
Zandy Mangold  RacingThePlanet Competitor & PhotographerZandy Mangold
RacingThePlanet Competitor & Photographer
Jesse Yoo  Record Holder for RacingThePlanet FinishesJesse Yoo
Record Holder for RacingThePlanet Finishes

 

SPECIAL ANNIVERSARY FEATURES
Running for EducationRunning for Education
Dotted along the routes of the Gobi March are many schools which have benefitted from Esquel-Y.L. Yang Education Foundation...
A Beautiful Smile A Beautiful Smile
In 2006, a small, three-year-old girl named A Yiguli arrived at Operation Smile's medical screening site in Kashgar, strapped in cloth that was tied to her mother's back ...

 

IN THE NEWS
National Geographic Radio interviews founder Mary GadamsNational Geographic Radio interviews founder Mary Gadams Mary Gadams, founder of RacingThePlanet, has finished a radio interview with National Geographic Radio host, Boyd Matson. Matson competed in the inaugural Gobi March in 2003...