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The Trans America Run (USA), also known as the TransAm, is the approximately 3000-mile coast-to-coast foot race across the United States. [1] TransAm has historically been run from California to New York, starting at San Francisco City Hall and ending at New York City Hall, though some runners have completed a variation starting in Los Angeles.
On August 18, 2012, ultrarunner Jennifer Bradley [4] became the second British woman to cross America on foot but the first to run across and make it in 80 days during the Run Across America on Trail 2012. [5] Her trip started May 31, 2012, at Twin Harbors State Park in Washington, and she was on the trail 720 hours 26.7 minutes. [6]
Updated on 25 October 2016 Pete Kostelnick (born September 12, 1987) is an American ultramarathon runner most well known for his world record for fastest coast-to-coast crossing of the United States by foot, in 42 days, six hours and 30 minutes.
During the 365 days of the last year, Young ran 370 races that were at least 26.2 miles long. Some of these races were "ultra-runs," which are even longer.
Self-Transcendence 3100 Mile Race: World's longest certified footrace (52 days) United States: Self-Transcendence 6- & 10-day Race (6 and 10 days) Germany: Spreelauf (6 days) Europe: Trans Europe Foot Race France: Paris-Colmar: 450 km march (Racewalking). France: Trans-Gaule Morocco: Marathon des Sables: 6 days 251 km in the Sahara desert ...
Two years later, he inaugurated the first Trans-American Footrace, known as the Bunion Derby, an ambitious, 3455-mile-long foot race from Los Angeles, California, to Chicago, Illinois, to New York. [6] [7] Pyle lost money on the 1928 race when many towns along the route defaulted on their sponsorship fees. [8]
What the Trans American Football League, the USFL in the 1980s, World League of American Football, the XFL (twice), and Alliance of American Football League all discovered is that while there may ...
The Trans-Gaule is a trans-national ultramarathon the second longest multiday race in France after Le Tour de France Footrace (43days 2776km).It consists of eighteen stages in eighteen consecutive days with a total of 1,150 km, from Roscoff in the English Channel to the Mediterranean.