Marathon Man Uses Run To Set Record

by Staff Sgt. Stuart Camp – Assistant Editor – Air Force Marathon – Supplement to Skywrighter (Wright-Patterson Air Base, Dayton, Ohio) For most people, running one 26.2 mile marathon is enough. In the case of Jerry Dunn, 54, a marathon is just another day. Dunn is trying to run 200 marathons in the year 2000. [...]

Marathon man keeps on pushing his limits

by Steve Thomas – Bismarck Tribune Nobody can match Dave Helphrey’s record of running in every Bismarck Marathon. He’ll be at the Pioneer Park starting line Saturday for the 18th renewal of the race. Yet he won’t have much of an edge in course consciousness on Jerry Dunn, who will be lining up for his [...]

Marathon Man

by Jim Halley – The Salt Lake Tribune 54 year old Dunn already has broken his record of 104 marathons in a year When Jerry Dunn leaves for work every morning, he grabs his cell phone and a few snacks. Though his job takes him all over the country, his daily commute is always the [...]

Dunn Pushes Himself to the Limit

from the San Francisco Chronicle The way Jerry Dunn sees things, finding ways of overcoming life’s various obstacles is a pretty nifty method to prove and improve oneself. “Don’t limit your challenges,” his often-cited mantra goes, “challenge your limits.” And Dunn doesn’t believe in half measures: Right now he is the midst of a campaign [...]

Running With A Purpose

by Kellie Taylor – Cincinnati Post From the foggy depths of the early morning, he approaches, his steady breathing becoming increasingly more audible. It’s not a rarity to see a runner jaunting through a Cincinnati neighborhood preparing for the upcoming Flying Pig Marathon. But for Jerry Dunn, the 26.2-mile run is almost mystical, bewildering at [...]

Marathon Man Goes The Distance

from the Las Vegas Sun – Sports Section There was an old Saturday Night Live bit in which Billy Crystal and Christopher Guest – in the guise of custodians or night watchmen or some other working stiffs – would reminisce about household tasks that had gone awry. Crystal would start by saying something like “You [...]