Race Schedule and Accomplished Runners

Here is the Race Schedule.  Also, Check out the list of accomplished runners who are doing this!

March 18, Dalhart, TX, Rita Blanca Lake Park, start time 7:30am

March 19, Guymon, OK, Sunset Lake in Thompson Park, start time 7:30am

March 20, Ulysses, KS, Frazier Park, start time 7:30am

March 21, Lamar, CO, Willow Creek Park, start time 6:30am

March 22, Clayton, NM, Clayton Lake State Park, start time 6:30am

The following Mega -Marathoners have registered and will be out there on the courses:

Bill Whipp, age 68, OH, walks his marathons and has completed 320, 294 on an artificial knee.

Henry Rueden, age 63, WI, 845 marathons.

Frank Bartocci age 61, MN, 505 marathons, he has run over 30,000 miles, and done all 50 states 7 times.

Chuck Savage, age 74, FL, ran his first of 307 marathons in 1979.  One of Chuck’s goals is to run a marathon on all 7 continents, including Antarctica. 

Mike Brooks, age 67, MD, 371 marathons, he did a 491 mile race in 10 days, has raised over $40,000 for critically ill children with his running.

Cathy Troisi, age 66, NY, 304 marathons.

Kazuki Watanabe of Tokyo, Japan, 270 marathons, age 53.  Granted he is not yet a “Mega-Marathoner”, but at 53 he is just a youngster in a sport dominated by seniors and will hit 300 soon.

Two more that have yet to register but have shown their intentions to participate are:

Larry Macon, age 68, an attorney from San Antonio, TX, 980 marathons, holds the world’s record for most in one year when he completed 157 marathons in 2012. He has also done all 50 states 14 times.

Jim Simpson, age 70, CA, finished his 1000^th marathon on New Year’s Day 2013.  He is the USA champion for most lifetime marathons .  He drives to most of his marathons, camping more than 200 night a year in Walmart parking lots.  This has earned him the nickname in running circles of “Walmart Man”.

Of those  who have registered so far will be runners and walkers from 30 states, Canada, England, Philippines and Japan.