Richard Bowles

Richard Bowles (born 19 September 1978, in Leicester, England) is an adventurer and educator who holds several records in endurance running.

Later that year, he became the first person to run an exploding volcano, Mount Sinabung in North Sumatra, after covering 800  km from the east of the island to its west.

In 2017 Dr Ricardo Costa of Monash University approached Bowles about testing his endurance fitness.

Bowles ran 50  km a day for two weeks on a treadmill in a 32 °C climate-controlled tent while carrying 12  kg.

In 2018 Bowles lived with and studied the Marathon Monks of Mount Hiei Japan who take on the kaihōgyō, a spiritual challenge of endurance in pursuit of enlightenment.