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See Sam Run!!!

Saturday, July 26, 2008

So if you were feeling at all low on energy, the following post will make you feel downright sloth-like.

phix’s own Sam Thompson is running across the state of Colorado this week. That’s right, from Denver to Durango, more or less, in a little over a week as he attempts to set a new speed record for the 484-mile long Colorado Trail.

Did I mention that most of the trail is above 10,000 feet? And the highest point is over 13,000 feet? And that most people take six weeks to hike the whole thing!?!

Not your ordinary summer vacation, but Sam’s not your ordinary ultra-running guy: He once ran 50 marathons in 50 states in 50 days. He amuses the rest of the phix team by going out for 3-hour runs in the morning, and then coming back to go for a run with one of us.

Sam just started yesterday, and so far the fun stuff he's encountered includes extreme heat, thunderstorms and hail! You can follow along day by day here at Sam’s website.

We're so proud of Sam, and we know that he's going to put phix to a pretty special test, since he's only sleeping about 3 hours at night at this point.

Run, Sam, run!

p.s. Think Sam's crazy? Check out the life accomplishments of Suprabha Beckhord, the only person to finish every edition of the Self-Transcendence 3100-mile race-- which is competed on a 1/2 mile track.

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