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The College of New Jersey Magazine
Iowa
City, IA
Erie, PA
Cleveland, OH
Kalamazoo, MI
Chicago, IL
Rockford, IL
Ravikumar
bought
a
new
pair
of
running
shoes
halfway
through.
"The
bottoms
were
so
worn
out;
I
could
feel
rocks
under
my
feet."
RUN THESE NUMBERS
NIGHTS WITH A BED
3
TOTAL GROUP MILEAGE
4,070
LONGEST RUN IN ONE DAY
20
MILES MILES
They crashed on community center floors
and woke at 4 a.m. to beat the heat.
Ravikumar: "I'm a die-hard coffee fan,
and it wasn't always easy to get."
Okun dealt with injury
by writing a different cancer
patient's name on her hand
each day to remind her why
she was doing this.
Okun:
"By
Chicago,
it
felt
like
I
could
ride
out
the
wave
and
enjoy
it
all."
Deep-dish
pizza
might
have
helped.
The
Art
Institute
Runners
took
breaks
in
a
van
that
followed
them.
Ravikumar:
"It
smelled
awful
by
the
end,
and
the
seats
were
damp."
Ravikumar:
"By the time we hit Ohio,
it felt like home. You could
feel the humidity. We knew
it was all coming to an end soon."
