Tourism group honors four for contributions

by Journal Staff
RAPID CITY – The Black Hills, Badlands & Lakes Association presented four awards at its recent annual meeting and luncheon. The group inducted three people into the Black Hills Tourism Pioneers Hall of Fame. It also honored the Black Hills’ most recognized marathon man.
The inductees are photographer Bill Groethe of Rapid City and [...]

Sixty At Sixty

by Elaine Doll-Dunn
The day began at 4:00 am. We gathered the decorations, party food, Jerry Fuel, extra shoes, dry socks, birthday banners, camera and phone and drove in the early dark to the Young Center field house. By 5:55 we had tables decorated, food categorized, coffee started, and banners hung…someone said “bang” and Jerry’s birthday [...]

USA Today – Sports Business

by Michael Hiestand
Miles of hype: Jerry Dunn has run lots of marathons. In 2000 he ran 200 by entering actual races or running established courses. Now he’s running 26.2 miles — the marathon distance — every day for 20 consecutive days. But this time he’s creating his own routes based on a marketing objective: He’s [...]

Marathon Man Hoping to get Colorado Moving

by AMY MATTHEW | THE PUEBLO CHIEFTAIN
No offense to California Gov.-elect Arnold Schwarzenegger, but Jerry Dunn is the true Running Man.
Jerry Dunn, 57, plans to run a marathon each of the next 20 days, beginning today, to promote physical fitness among Coloradans.
Dunn, nicknamed “America’s Marathon Man,” is in Colorado to run “a marathon a day” [...]

Colorado Springs Gazette

by RICH LADEN – THE GAZETTE – Gazette.com – Colorado Springs, Co.
How far will a business go to promote its product? Try 26.2 miles. Each day. For 26 straight days. It’s the sort of marketing stunt for which a public relations firm probably will receive a bonus. The maker of Accelerade, a powdered sports drink, [...]

Marathoner Runs 200 In 2000

By Sal Ruibal, USA TODAY
When Pheidippides finished the original marathon run in 490 B.C., the Athenian soldier exclaimed, “Victory is ours,” then collapsed and died.
When Jerry Dunn finished the Tampa Hops Marathon on Sunday — his 200th marathon-length run of the year — he exclaimed, “Thank God and thank Endurox!”
Perhaps if Pheidippides had a recovery-drink [...]