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SOFIA (Reuters) – Bulgarian ultra-marathon runner, Krasse Gueorguiev, will live in a glass box for 15 days in a park in Sofia, to raise money to help young people fight addictions.<\/p>\n

Gueorguiev, a motivational speaker and charity ambassador, has run some 30 ultra-marathons worldwide, from the Arctic to Cambodia, as well as a 217-kilometre race in California’s Death Valley. <\/p>\n

“I want to challenge myself,” Gueorguiev told Reuters. “I want to show when you put someone in the box how psychologically they change.”<\/p>\n

The funds raised will be used for various projects to prevent addictions among children under 18, including drugs, alcohol, digital media and energy drinks.<\/p>\n

A box with three glass walls has been put on a pedestal in front of the National Palace of Culture in Sofia. Gueorguiev, who began his experiment on Sunday, will have a bed and a treadmill and no access to books, a computer or phone, only speaking to members of the public for 30 minutes every day.<\/p>\n

“This is not a physical experiment it is psychological experiment,” he said. <\/p>\n

In 2019 Gueorguiev ran 1,200 kilometres (about 746 miles) through Bulgaria, North Macedonia and Albania to urge governments to build better infrastructure to connect people.<\/p>\n

In 2003, American illusionist David Blaine spent 44 days sealed in a transparent box suspended over the bank of the River Thames in London with only water to drink, in a stunt criticised by media and the public at the time.<\/p>\n

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(Reporting by Stoyan Nenov; Writing by Ivana Sekularac;Editing by Elaine Hardcastle)<\/p>\n

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