Running America
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Marshall Ulrich
The ultimate endurance athlete, Marshall Ulrich has run more than 120 ultra marathons averaging over 125 miles each, completed 12 expedition-length adventure races, and climbed the Seven Summits all on his first attempts. He is the only person in the world to complete the Triple Crown of Extreme Sports: world-class ultra runner, record-setting adventure racer, and Seven Summits mountaineer. Knowing that his wife and mother of their newborn daughter was going to die of cancer, Marshall’s heart rate went through the roof. To release the pressure he started running. It helped him through the rest of his life to deal...
Running America - Marshall Ulrich, Charlie Engle
Sep 14, 2008
San Francisco, CA, USA
Nov 5, 2008
New York, NY, USA
Marshall Ulrich has run more than 100-foot races averaging over 100 miles each, completed 12 expedition-length adventure races, and ascended the Seven Summits, including Mount Everest, all on his first attempt. Yet his 3,063.2-mile run in 2008 from San Francisco to New York, the equivalent of running two marathons and a 10K every day for nearly two months straight, proved to be his most challenging effort yet.His journey across America at the age of 57, took him 52,5 days and 32 pairs of shoes. He took off with Charlie Engle, another legendary ultrarunner who became famous after Running the Sahara, but...
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