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Real Relay
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<p>The EnduranceLife Real Relay was an unofficial event following the route of the <a href="/facts/2012_Summer_Olympics_torch_relay/nkvU4J8h">2012 Summer Olympics torch relay</a>, conceived by Andrew Barker, an endurance runner. </p><p>After the Olympic torch relay had begun Barker, his wife Charlotte, and organiser Kate Treleaven were dismayed to discover the torch would be carried by a security van for 80% of its journey. In contrast the Real Relay was run entirely on foot. </p><p>The Real Relay began ten days after the official relay at midnight on 28 May 2012, and reached the gates of the <a href="/facts/Olympic_Park%2c_London/IgB5vbfK">Olympic Park</a> at 2.00pm on 22 July 2012, several days in advance of the official torch. In place of the Olympic torch, a single baton fitted with a <a href="/facts/GPS/DKVLnzF3">GPS</a> tracking device was passed along the entire route. </p>