51-50-50
My earlier post on 50-50-50 mentioned how Dean Karnazes was going to attempt 50 marathons in 50 states of north america in 50 consecutive days.
This post is to remind you that while Dean is still yet to start on his mission(17th sept 2006), another ultrarunner, Sam Thompson from Mississipi has already accomplished what Dean had set out to do.
He was written off as being incapable of finishing the mission, but Sam not only finished 50 marathons in as many days, he decided to finish it in style with another marathon, making it a la
'51-50-50'.
Dean Karnazes funded by the North Face Endurance company offers people to run with him in any of the marathons during this epic 50-50-50 for a price of 100$, though Sam was happy to do the same for free. Also while Sam ran an average of 4 hr marathons with a best of 3:29, Dean would be running 4.5 - 5 hr marathons. There is a lot of dissent in the ultra-running community about Dean's commercial propaganda of ultra-running, though it can't be argued that he hasn't popularised or atleast made aware of the sport to the layman.
This post is to remind you that while Dean is still yet to start on his mission(17th sept 2006), another ultrarunner, Sam Thompson from Mississipi has already accomplished what Dean had set out to do.
He was written off as being incapable of finishing the mission, but Sam not only finished 50 marathons in as many days, he decided to finish it in style with another marathon, making it a la
'51-50-50'.
Dean Karnazes funded by the North Face Endurance company offers people to run with him in any of the marathons during this epic 50-50-50 for a price of 100$, though Sam was happy to do the same for free. Also while Sam ran an average of 4 hr marathons with a best of 3:29, Dean would be running 4.5 - 5 hr marathons. There is a lot of dissent in the ultra-running community about Dean's commercial propaganda of ultra-running, though it can't be argued that he hasn't popularised or atleast made aware of the sport to the layman.
Kennenisa Bekele with the WR
A favorite in 1996 and 2000 olympics, El G finally realised his dream at the 2004 olympics with a double gold
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