Have you ever wanted to lace up your shoes and go for a long run? Millions of people run every day, often logging 100 mile or more per week. But could you imagine going for a run, coast-to-coast, across the United States of America? Few have attempted such a mentally and physically draining feat. Read […]
3,063 miles. 52 days. 57 years old… People drive across the United States all the time, touring the 3,000-plus miles for vacation, relocation, or rite of passage. Every now and then, someone makes the trip on foot, taking a year or more to walk across the great expanse of our country. Marshall Ulrich ran from San Francisco to New […]
Yesterday I took the opportunity to watch a screening of Running America, hosted by the Winona County Historical Society and Marshall & Heather Ulrich. I had expected a documentary about the immense challenge of a 3,000+ mile trans-continental run by two incredible ultra distance athletes. But what the documentary actually delivers is much more than […]
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to run across the unforgiving roads that lie between the eastern and western coasts of the United States? Many have – and yet few people have ever attempted, let alone completed, the roughly 3,000 mile adventure. Whether you run for sport (competition) or pleasure, the idea […]
