2008 NationRun
Monday, February 4, 2008
NationRun website
No doubt this is old news to just about anyone who might read my ramblings (it's gotten a lot of coverage from running publications in the last week) but I just found out today about the 2008 NationRun - three young fellas from New York who, along with rider, departed from coastal Georgia on Friday, Feb. 1 with the intention of running across the southern US to San Diego while pushing most of their equipment in two baby joggers. Their goal is to average about 25 miles a day and reach San Diego around June 1.
Apparently these guys were inspired by two runners who ran from coastal NJ to coastal Oregon back in 2003 (that amazing feat is documented at Run the USA.) In the midst of their planning their own cross-continental run, they decided to use it as a fundraiser for a scholarship in memory of a cousin of one of the team who was killed in a car accident while home on leave from Iraq. So these guys not only have an amazing adventure ahead of them, they also have a really good cause to champion.
All I have to say is: wow. And good running, guys.
JMH
P.S. I thought it was hilarious that this was one of the photos they posted from their first day! You can bet that if I ever see one of these signs a photo of it will make its way into my blog header!
photo courtesy of the NationRun.com webshots album
