Wednesday, September 20, 2006

View from work..

So as I was running up the stairs this morning to my floor I happened to look out the window and see some police motorcycles. This was sort of curious.. so I continued to look out and then saw a small group of people running. I then remembered that Dean Karnazes was in town running his 4th marathon in as many days. Dean is currently running 50 marathons in 50 states in 50 days. I wish I had remembered this before I had arrived at work so as I could have ridden by and said hello while I was coming into work.

Oddly enough he won't be the first individual to complete this. Back in August a man from Mississippi completed his 50 marathon in as many days to help for the gulf coast region. This man got the idea from running 30+ miles a day on the AT and thought he could easily run 50 marathons. Craziness. Even more oddly, I was in New Orleans at the time, and ran in a 3 mile footrace that he also competed in. Yes, that is right. The day prior he ran the Nola marathon course.. woke up that day.. ran a 3 mile race for kicks, only later to drive to Missouri (I think) to run his final marathon. Hardcore to say the least.

Anyways, just thought I'd share that tidbit, and if you are able to go out and show some support when Dean comes running through your state.. go for it. Despite the fact that I think he is insane, still gotta give him respect for running 1300+ miles in 50 days. Damn.

Later

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