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![Badwater 2008: Marshall Ulrich, Sister Mary Beth](http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4078/4889363194_055f3e9c09_s.jpg "Running with Sister Mary Beth Lloyd of the Religious Teachers Filippini at the Badwater Ultramarathon, we talk about the work of the charity and the mission of the sisters: "Go and Teach." Sister did more than 50 miles that year and climbed Mount Whitney--all in her habit. I thought she deserved a finisher's medal for that, so I gave her mine. (Appears on page 287 of RUNNING ON EMPTY.)")
![Transcon Day 26 | Crew Van "Heals on Wheels"](http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4085/5059582421_f2e277e4a1_s.jpg "Oct. 8, 2008 | In Nebraska, I insisted that the crew van be dubbed "Dr. Paul's Rolling Rehab Clinic" because everything, even medical care, had to be done on the go. (Appears on page 269 in RUNNING ON EMPTY.)")
↑ Running on Empty: An Ultramarathoner’s Story of Love, Loss, and a Record-Setting Run Across America (2011), photos from the new book. (Want more of a look behind the scenes? Check out these extras and excerpts.)
![Transcon Day 7: On the road in Austin, NV](http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4081/4885770342_b4a4d6ef79_s.jpg "Sept. 19, 2008 | "The Loneliest Road in America," where the Pony Express riders once carried the mail.")
![Transcon Day 20 | Eat and Run](http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4110/5059757831_e97b7b976e_s.jpg "Oct. 2, 2008 | Crossing the high plateau west of Maybell, CO, I'm sipping one of may "mini-meals" while on the move with Brian Weinberg. This is how I ate almost everything, at a quick walk, with no time to sit down.")
![Transcon Day 43: Good Luck](http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4134/4908225864_c22c29e61f_s.jpg "Oct. 25, 2008 | A couple of the things I picked up along the way: Indie (the pink teddy bear I found in Indiana) and the cobra rubber snake which I found in CO and used to scare/tease Kira Matukaitis. I also found a license plate from Marshall County in Iowa (not shown). The "plastic Jesus on the dashboard of my car" (do you remember/know this song?) was there mainly to bug Roger Kaufhold, our good friend and an avowed atheist.")
![Transcon Day 45 | Billboard, Canton, OH](http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4091/5059666297_0901ae9c5e_s.jpg "Oct. 27, 2008 | The billboard says, "Health insurance that covers you coast to coast," and shows the SFO Golden Gate bridge and the Statue of Liberty ... hmmmmmm.")
![Transcon Final Day: The Thinker?](http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4081/4908388298_a1a541954e_s.jpg "Nov. 4, 2008 | Mark Macy and I found this toilet just sitting in the middle of the sidewalk, and we had to mess with it, just like a couple of boys. This isn't one of the shots (wonder where those went?), but Mace posed as "The Thinker."")
↑ Trans-American run, 2008
![After Everest: Marshall Ulrich](http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4119/4888762745_b2f51d543b_s.jpg "Heather called me "the crooked man." Muscle wasting had left me leaning to the left from loss of core strenth. Still had a little bit of a spare tire around my middle, though.")
![Everest Summit: Religious Teachers Filippini](http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4140/4889359998_30fb56961e_s.jpg "My charity of choice is the Religious Teachers Filippini, a small order of sisters with the powerful mission to "go and teach." I placed this banner at the top of Mount Everest in honor of their work.")
![Ulrich Kilimanjaro Summit](http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4120/4889358812_4584b5855c_s.jpg "Heather and me on our honeymoon in 2003, at the top of Mount Kilimanjaro, the "roof of Africa."")
↑ Seven Summits, various years
↑ Early Years & Inspirations
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