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Dane Rauschenberg (born May 31, 1976) is an American long-distance runner who ran 52 marathons in 2006.

Running resume

  • Running 52 consecutive weekly marathons in 2006 with an average time of 3:21:16.
  • Finishing first in a field of 52 runners in the PT Cruiser Challenge (February 5-6, 2005), an event consisting of a 15k, 5k, and marathon within 24 hours in Tampa, Florida.
  • Running 84 miles at the Presque Isle Personal Endurance Classic (October 18, 2003), a non-competitive event in Erie, Pennsylvania in which participants traverse a one-mile loop for up to 12 hours.

Biography

Rauschenberg first marathon was the Harrisburg Marathon in 2001, which he finished in 4:12:07, 159th overall of 281 finishers. Two years later, Rauschenberg ran the Erie Marathon, in 3:29:04 and finished 52nd overall out of 319 finishers. Rauschenberg next ran the 2004 Marine Corps Marathon in 3:31:13, in 685th place. Three weeks after the Marine Corps event, Rauschenberg ran another marathon in Maryland, dropping his personal best by 10 minutes. On January 9, 2005, Rauschenberg ran in the Phoenix Rock N' Roll Marathon in 3:09:55 in 154th place out of 7,365 finishers, qualifying for the Boston Marathon.

Fiddy2

Rauschenberg decided to run a marathon each week and named the effort Fiddy2 in April 2005, later adding a charitable component.

Rauschenberg aimed to raise $52,000 and selected the Mobile, Alabama chapter of L'Arche as the recipient of his effort. He raised $32,000 by the end of the project, but continued to raise funds, soliciting $43,818 to date.

Rauschenberg sought financial assistance for the project and obtained sponsorship in the form of free meals from a local restaurant, free running shoes, and a free website. Despite many requests, Rauschenberg reports that he did not obtain monetary donations to offset Fiddy2's costs. Rauschenberg sent out weekly press releases in an attempt to promote the project, submitted blog postings, and sought speaking invitations. As a result, Rauschenberg was asked to speak at marathon events throughout the year and was featured as a runner on race's websites and "tell your story" blogs.. Rauschenberg gained radio, television, and print coverage and he called attention to the project with a website and blog. Rauschenberg undertook the project in the context where he was not the first person to run marathons on 52 consecutive weekends (Richard Worley ran marathons on 159 consecutive weekends), and Rauschenberg did not run the most marathons in one year (at least one person has run 79 marathons in a calendar year.) and 2006 proved to be a year of numerous projects regarding running multiple marathons (Dean Karnazes ran 50 marathon distances in 50 days in 50 states; Sam Thompson ran 50 marathon distances in 50 days in 50 states; Chuck Engle ran 52 marathons in 2006 all under 3 hours).

In January 2007, the 170-member Washington Running Club selected Rauschenberg as its co-Male Runner of the Year for 2006 and was named by the marathonguide.com website as one of the 20 outstanding USA marathon runners for 2006, as part of an effort to recognize those individuals whose participation in multiple marathons "show that marathoning is and can be part of one's regular routine."

See also

References

  1. Sciullo, Maria. "Running: Marathon of marathons about to end", Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, December 30, 2006. Accessed October 28, 2007.
  2. Marathon List, Fiddy2. Accessed January 7, 2008.
  3. PT Cruiser Challenge, 2005 Results. Accessed January 7, 2008.
  4. "Saturday's results of Presque Isle Endurance Classic sponsored by the Erie Runners Club". Erie Times-News. October 20, 2003. Retrieved 2007-12-14. Dane Rauschenberg, 27, Erie, 84 miles {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help); Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  5. Personal Endurance Classic, 2003 results, Erie Runners Club. Accessed January 7, 2008. Participants can start or finish whenever they want within the 12 hour period.
  6. 2001 Harrisburg Marathon Results
  7. 2003 Erie Marathon at Presque Isle State Park, Erie Runners Club, September 14, 2003. Accessed January 1, 2008.
  8. 2005 Race Results, P.F. Chang's Rock 'n' Roll Arizona Marathon and 1/2 Marathon. Accessed November 29, 2007.
  9. ^ Frequently Asked Questions, Fiddy2. Accessed January 1, 2008.
  10. http://www.fiddy.com Retrieved 2008-01-09.
  11. http://www.littlerockmarathon.com/Information/RockStars.cfm
  12. http://fiddy2.org/images/NFpaper.jpg
  13. Orton, Kathy (2004-10-27). "Texan's Weekend Job Provides Great Benefits". The Washington Post. pp. D4. Retrieved 2007-11-28. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  14. http://mm.littlemarathon.com/ScoreCard.asp Retrieved 2007-11-28.
  15. http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/15.01/ultraman.html
  16. http://starbulletin.com/2006/07/13/news/story07.html
  17. http://www.chuckengle.com/Events/TheSchedule.cfm
  18. http://www.washrun.org/faq.htm
  19. WRC History and Member Recognition, Washington Running Club. Accessed December 3, 2007.
  20. 2nd Annual MarathonGuide.com Outstanding USA Marathoners of the Year - 2006 , MarathonGuide.com. Accessed December 11, 2007.

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