The answer is a big yes! However, the ten Heroes don’t EACH walk 1700km, that would take forever to complete. So they do it in relay, with each runner doing a stretch of between 5-25km each day, depending on their strength and ability. Long distance runners like Willie Mtolo runs 25km every day, so he would’ve completed almost 500m by himself by the time the Walk reaches its final destination!

Early in the morning, each runner is dropped off at a predetermined position, with the effect that all of them run more or less at the same time. Each is also followed by either a traffic vehicle, or one of the Walk support vehicles. This means that they complete about 100km every day on average, in the space of four hours or so, leaving them time to visit hospices and conduct sport clinics.

And yes, they have a physiotherapist on board to help with the inevitable aches and pains at the end of each day!