An Interview with America’s Marathon Man, Jerry Dunn, as He Turns 65

CLICK HERE to read the full interview… South Dakota’s Jerry Dunn, also known as America’s Marathon Man, loves a challenge. For example, in a single year, 2000, he ran 200 26.2-mile marathons. This year, to celebrate his 65th birthday, Jerry ran/walked 65 miles. Recently we got him to slow down enough to answer a few [...]

“D” stands for Dedicated & Determined

“D” stands for determined and dedicated.  It also stands for: DUNN~DANE~DEAN~DANA DUNN  ran  Across the State In 28 hours in 1990 and from  Shore to Shore in 104 days in 1991.    Both of these treks in support of Habitat for Humanity. DANE Rauschenberg’s project was called: FIDDY 2.     In 2006, Dane ran 52 marathons on 52 [...]

C.O.P.E

  C. O. P. E.  Conceptualize   Organize   Personalize    Exercise  We all are obliged to COPE with a variety of things every day of our lives.  We COPE with trivial matters and we COPE with huge, life altering issues.  Many times we COPE in mindless, habitual ways, and that can be an acceptable way to [...]

The shirt off your back……

I know that not all of you who read my blog posts are runners or walkers or triathletes, but most of you are.  And it’s a well known fact that runners, walkers and triathletes have drawers full of tee-shirts they seldom, if ever wear.  Folks…the people in Haiti don’t even have drawers………. much less tee-shirts [...]

Don’t Worry…..Be Happy

Worry is like a rocking chair……it can keep you moving, but it won’t get you anywhere. So don’t worry….be happy. “Every life will have some trouble, but when you worry, you make it double.”….bobbi mcferrin There are plenty of things to worry about these days and it’s easy enough to fall into the trap of [...]

My New Year’s Resolution….NO Resolutions!

RESOLUTION… a decree, declaration, decision, notion, promise, pledge, oath or vow. This is a word that gets a lot of play in December of each year and often fades into the shadows a few weeks later. The root of resolution is RESOLVE, like, I resolve to do something.  This word has a little more power, [...]