A local, Western Washington man just completed a run across the U.S.
”With the sun sinking toward the Pacific Ocean, Greg Nance takes a few steps into the saltwater and pauses for a few beats, letting the moment wash over him. It’s Sunday, his journey’s 84th day, and he’s 3,156 miles away from its origin point in the Atlantic Ocean back in April. He’s made it all those miles on his own two feet and has reached the trip’s end at the Pacific Coast in Ocean Shores. Nance trotted mile after mile, putting states behind him, battling nature, his own body, the mental strain of the Sisyphean task he'd taken on in running the width of the country. In those 84 days, he logged a mind-boggling average of 37.5 miles per day and finished an ultra-marathon on all but three of those days. He stepped into the Pacific on his third pair of jogging shoes, having crossed 14 states and taken 5,867,148 steps. He left New York clean-shaven; he arrived in Washington sporting a beard.” Short video in the link [yahoo.com]