Bloke running to every Chinese takeaway in UK and says he’ll get to all 7,021
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An exercise-loving bloke is planning on running to every Chinese takeaway in the UK โ and will not stop until he has visited all of them.
Josh Durant picked up the running bug and decided to see how far he could push himself, both physically and literally as he now begins a tour of the UK, visiting as many takeaways as he can find.
The avid runner is not ruling out trips to Northern Ireland either as he sets out on his goal to visit all 7,021 Chinese takeaways in the country. It is, Josh admits, a project which will take a few years at least to complete.
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Spurred on by inspirational pint hero Jon May, runner Josh has taken to TikTok to document his journey and, speaking to the Daily Star, says he has big plans for the final visit.
Josh has already passed the 50 takeaways mark, documenting every place on his social media accounts, although there are 7,021 in total.
"I am determined to carry on with the challenge," Josh said. The toll of visiting thousands and thousands of takeaways is not lost on the runner taking on a major project.
He added: "I have recently started running and wanted to put some reason behind it and bring people along on my journey." Beyond a recent inclination to run, there was inspiration from boozy Brit Jon May, whose 2,000 pints has "helped" Josh "come up with the idea of running to the Chinese restaurants."
Running primarily on "weekends and in the evenings" after work and setting an average pace of "3km to 7km" per run โ Josh has made it clear he sees the project continuing for some time.
Josh has thankfully ruled out eating at every single one of the restaurants and will instead only be eating at "milestones" to mark 100 takeaways and on. He added: "The Chinese restaurants far away will definitely be a challenge as I'm not able to run that far. Some are over 200 miles away.
"My plan will be to take a weekend away in an area and run around it while I'm there. The takeaways in Northern Ireland will be the most challenging as I can't get there on foot and will have to travel over a few times."
Though he may be "a couple of years" away from completing his goal, Josh already has plans for a big blowout at takeaway 7,021. He said: "I'm hoping on the last takeaway I can get a big group of people to come to the Chinese and have a big meal together."
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