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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 →