slickdawg
7/6/2006, 07:24 PM
http://www.wwltv.com/local/stories/wwl070606jbmarathonman.3061121d.html
JACKSON, Miss.-- A Mississippi man is attempting a "Forrest Gump" type feat, with a significant difference -- he has a specific purpose for running.
Samuel Thompson, 25, of Vicksburg is trying to run 50 marathons in 50 states in 50 consecutive days, all to raise awareness of the Mississippi Gulf Coast's continuing recovery from Hurricane Katrina.
"If people don't see coverage or information about devastation, they just kind of forget about it and assume that it is all better," Thompson told The Associated Press during a phone interview Thursday from a hotel room in Reno, Nev.
JACKSON, Miss.-- A Mississippi man is attempting a "Forrest Gump" type feat, with a significant difference -- he has a specific purpose for running.
Samuel Thompson, 25, of Vicksburg is trying to run 50 marathons in 50 states in 50 consecutive days, all to raise awareness of the Mississippi Gulf Coast's continuing recovery from Hurricane Katrina.
"If people don't see coverage or information about devastation, they just kind of forget about it and assume that it is all better," Thompson told The Associated Press during a phone interview Thursday from a hotel room in Reno, Nev.