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reserve energy they walked the uphills and ran the downhills. Throughout the run, we motivated each other. Well, mainly he was motivating me," Leah laughed. I wanted to get to the winery quicker," Josh responded. "There comes a point when walking on the highway that everything looks the same, so I wanted to move a little faster to change the scenery." EFFICIENCY VERSUS ISOLATION Fingerhut participated in the Challenge himself in April. He completed 74 miles (54 miles ATCF). He left his Dogtown home at 1:30 p.m., headed south, and cut across the JB bridge into Illinois, which he called a harrowing experience with cars passing at 65 mph. He walked overnight, took a half-hour nap at 4 a.m., and finished at 1:30 p.m. in Chester, Illinois. A friend and cousin met him at various points to bring food, coffee, a change of socks. My cousin ran with me for a few miles. It was good to have that as a morale booster," Fingerhut said. He did most of his planning on Google maps, which allowed him to gauge traffic. My route wasn't the most efficient," Fingerhut admitted. I ran calculations to see who had the most efficient routes. I was on the lower end of the spectrum. But I liked my route because it was isolated. I wasn't dealing with cars flying
THE ROUTES ARE AS VARIED AS THE RUNNERS.
CLOCKWISE FROM BELOW:
Kristi Pashia finished second in the October 2021 24HfH Challenge; Andy McDonald departs from his home in Tower Grove, St. Louis (ROSEMARY LAROCCA) ; Bereth OCallaghan reaches the end of her journey at the South China Sea in Singapore. (BERETH O'CALLAGHAN) .
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