Limbless Marine run across the US to support wounded.

On this day, the 11 November, Rememberance Day, please take a look at the supplied link.

www.bbc.co.uk...

I think these guys are doing a great job. Even if you do not agree with the current wars, please, please, please spare a thought for the men and women that return to their home country broken and scarred.

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Run Forrest Run!

All jokes aside, it takes a lot of courage and strength to do things like this ...

Explanation: S&F!

To put these achievements in some perspective here we go!... [from the source linked in the OP of this thread.]

Gruelling feat

Other days they set personal challenges. Master Gunnery Sgt Charles Padilla, the one US Marine, achieved a personal goal of 85 miles (137 km) in one day, which sparked a friendly trans-Atlantic rivalry.

Refusing to be outdone by an American, Staff Sgt James Mazzoni-Dalton ran 86 miles. Egged on by his fellow Brits, he completed the run in 19.5 hours. He was so exhausted when he finished around midnight that Colour Sgt Todd had to carry him to his bed.

Herodotus was writing about 30 to 40 years after the events he describes, so it is reasonably likely that Pheidippides is a historical figure. If he ran the 246 km over rough roads from Athens to Sparta within two days, it would be an achievement worthy of remembrance.

Over 150+miles [153.75miles] in 48hrs! [but the spartans made him wait for an answer...quite a bit of time too. ] Mind you he was a PROFFESSIONAL long distance runner and even he got a little trippy and had a vison of Pan which is the actual start of the origins of the word "Panic" after the Battle of Marathon...

Pheidippides [wiki]

Personal Disclosure: I am glad however that they will be doing this... [from original linked source as above was]

Each day - rain, hail or shine - they run anywhere up to 88 miles, keeping an average pace of 10 minutes per mile or less.

Most days, they run relay-style for about 10 hours, with one runner completing 10 or more miles before handing off to the next.

It's no 4 minute mile but it is even MORE Amazing and ...

But an Arkansas man holds the honour of making the biggest impression on Colour Sgt Todd. After hearing what the Gumpathon was about, the man turned to Colour Sgt Todd and told him: "You're the most remarkable man I've ever met."

Upon hearing such a positive affirmation of his work, Colour Sgt Todd, tired to the point of breaking, had just one response: he cried.

OL is also for JOY!

P.S. Never Quit!, is great kiss advice and special kudo's to Marine Ormrod!