50 marathons in 50 consecutive days in all 50 states, is it possible??

My hometown friend Sam Thompson is taking on the huge challenge of running 50 marathons in 50 consecutive days in all 50 states. This has never been done, not even close by anyone, ever!! He is doing this to raise awareness of the progress on the Mississippi Gulf Coast and New Orleans and to show that we are nowhere near being done. Please take the time out to check out his website and spread the word!! Thanks guys.

www.50in50in50.com

 

this guy is amazingly gifted. he ran the whole entire appalachian trails in consecutive days (2000 miles and took about 135 days). i didnt post it to get green, just to make people aware of the determination he has for change. as of last friday, north face has come along for the main corporate sponsor. if you go to there website, there is another guy doing 50 marathons in 50 consecutive days in all 50 states, however, he is friends with sam and stole the idea. he doesnt start until september sometime, and sam will be done halfway through august. north face has not had time to put anything on their website about sam yet, as they just took him under their wing last friday. he has been accepted to their endurance team as well. it is absolutely amazing he can do this. he started out having not one sponsor, paying for all travel expenses for he and his team (masseuse, photographer, hotel, etc.) out of his own pocket. he moved to the coast the very day after hurrican katrina hit and has been there all 10 months. please pray for him and spread the word. he is making head waves regarding the news sector as well, appearing on the today show sunday morning. Thanks guys!!

 

there arent...the logistics were extremely hard to get in order, but there are several days where he is running in sanctioned marathons with other people, you can see his schedule on his website...but the others (most of them) he is running by himself, but they are legitimate marathon courses as he has race officials clocking his time and measuring the distances!! email him at [email protected] , he would love to hear from you all!

 

yea, its been tough, and he has asked for little help from anyone.....a couple of guys and myself had to force him to let us help out....hes an outstanding individual.....haha i would fall out laughing if i saw someone running with a large pizza at hands haha....that south african marathon doesnt sound too pleasant...i dont see how these ultramarathoners do it...how do you train for something like that.....

i do know that the other guy that north face is sponsoring with the whole 50 in 50 in 50 deal ran for 80, yes 80, hours straight from north california to either middle or south or something ridiculous!!! got to be semi insane, but hey, if its for a good cause and they can do it without killing themselves, better them than me!!!

 

sam, the guy from my hometown doing this 50 in 50 in 50 thing, actually calls the houston area his home, before hurricane katrina hits and owns a running apparell shop!!

 

Thats the guy I was talking about, who ran for 80 hours straight...he already did what your talking about haah...and he is also the other dude sponsored by north face that is going to attempt 50 in 50 in 50 after sam gets done with it.....do you know dean personally??!!?!? weird

 

tomorrow will be his 19th consecutive, and hes not running slow, hes running an average of 4 hours 5 minutes....hes got it in the bag, and ill take that to my grave....

 

i have another friend, who recruited me to run in college and then left the coaching scene to pursue his marathon career, chuck engle from clinton, miss. (born in oregon i believe), but he is actually attempting the 1 per week for a year......hes got the world record for most consecutive marathons under 2 hours 45 minutes (12 consecutive weekends)....check him out at www.chuckengle.com

 

here is a vid:

http://www.thehawaiichannel.com/newsarchive/9509301/detail.html

 

yea, i think the 262 was the 80 hours straight??? 500, ridiculous....wow!!

yea, i was running about 10 to 15 miles in college and i got chronic tendanitis...these guys are phenomenal!!

 

wow, that just had to put a damper on his whole outlook on things....having something in grasps and having it taken away like that....so unfortunate....yes they will, i just pray for Sam day in and day out, because so many things could go wrong....but he is doing a great job of keeping the end in sight!!!

 

i dont wanna ever find out either!!

 

appreciate it....i think luck is definetely going to play a part at about number, i dont know, 40 or so hahahaa.