Sunday’s race will be 14th of year for Dunn, part of 5,420-mile plan

by SHANNON CONNER – Of the Post-Dispatch Jerry Dunn has been running for 283 days. On Tuesday, heading west on Lindell Boulevard, he smiled and waved in his 4,123rd mile. Dunn’s black cap was visible first. Then his wind-burnt, red face came over a hill, followed by a purple jacket. He carried water bottles in [...]

200 Marathons In 2000

by Bruce Brothers – Pioneer Press Jerry Dunn believes in stretching limits. Dunn, one of 8,752 signed up for Sunday’s 19th annual Twin Cities Marathon, expects to have few problems reaching the Capitol that day — after all, it will be his 157th run of 26.2 miles this year. He then plans to climb into [...]

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 [...]