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Category Archives: Charities & Fundraising
Running for a Day, for a Month, for a Lifetime
Throughout May, Dick’s Sporting Goods has been promoting National Runners’ Month, offering special deals in its stores, sponsoring running events, and donating more than $25,000 to Action for Healthy Kids to help end childhood obesity. They’ve also had Kara Goucher, Ryan Hall, and Dean Karnazes out on the road as “ambassadors” to help promote an active lifestyle. Continue reading
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Dean Karnazes’ Finish: A Place in History?
Congratulations to Dean Karnazes, who finished his run across America today, completing 2,954 miles along the southern route from Anaheim, California to New York City in 74 days. As one of the “elders” of the ultrarunning community, I want to … Continue reading
High schooler to run across America
got this email from a 17-year-old high schooler who plans to run across the United States next year after he graduates. He wrote, “… It’s my dream, and it’s what I’m training for. Please, if you have any tips or if you want to help support my endeavor, please contact me …”. Continue reading
Dean Karnazes’ Run Across America
Dean Karnazes will be doing something less than 150 other people have ever done. I reviewed the statistics on John Wallace III’s site (where you can also see who else is currently running or walking across the country—there are many), and he shows that, among runners who’ve completed a trans-American crossing, there are 144 people who’ve averaged 40 to 50 miles a day, 6 of us who’ve done between 50 and 60 (I’m at the top of that group), and 3 who’ve averaged 60 to 66 miles a day. This ain’t no Sunday picnic. Continue reading
2010: Year in Review
Tis the season to think back and either wonder where the hell the year went or congratulate yourself on all that happened. If you’re like me, you do a little of both. Continue reading
