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Here's one extraordinary thing about David O'Neill: He recently ran about 22 miles along the Shawangunk Ridge in Ulster County.
Here's another: He calls that an easy day.
Over 12 days, five hours and 17 minutes, O'Neill ran from the George Washington Bridge in Fort Lee, N.J., to John Boyd Thatcher Park, just outside Albany. That's 370 miles — the entire length of the Long Path.
He averaged 30 miles a day. A marathon is 26 miles.
O'Neill, as far as he can tell, is the only person to have run the entire trail in its 75-year history, and he's done it twice as a fundraiser for the New York-New Jersey Trail Conference. He finished last weekend, and raised more than $1,500.
Here's another: He calls that an easy day.
Over 12 days, five hours and 17 minutes, O'Neill ran from the George Washington Bridge in Fort Lee, N.J., to John Boyd Thatcher Park, just outside Albany. That's 370 miles — the entire length of the Long Path.
He averaged 30 miles a day. A marathon is 26 miles.
O'Neill, as far as he can tell, is the only person to have run the entire trail in its 75-year history, and he's done it twice as a fundraiser for the New York-New Jersey Trail Conference. He finished last weekend, and raised more than $1,500.
Trail Runners and worthwhile causes....a thing of beauty, no?
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