If you ask most people what they hope to achieve before they hit the dreaded 30, the answer will invariably involve money, real estate or both, but Liz Warner isn’t most people. For her 30th birthday next June, the American recreational runner wants 30 marathons in 30 different countries crossed off her bucket list. With 25 already under her belt, the latest being the Luxor Marathon in Egypt, which took place last Friday, January 15th, Warner may just get her birthday wish. Through her personal project Run to Reach, Warner is seeking to promote gender equality, dedicating her last 20 runs to support the work of women’s rights organizations in different countries. Over the past seven years, her 30 before 30 journey has taken her around the world—from Tokyo, to Chile, all the way to Zimbabwe. Like most big ideas, Run to Reach came at a fateful moment. Having just finished graduate school and joined a PR company in Paris, reality started to set in for a newlywed Warner. “I was sitting in the car, it was sort of this moment of silence between me and my new husband and…
