Richard Karampatsos’ Blog Across 50 States

The truth is solidly this. Even If I shared with you all of the emotional, physical and spiritual details you would not understand. Not because you are a person who has not lived the life that I have; not because we may differ in our spiritual or religious faith - not for a number of other reasons…You stare and wonder - questions are asked about me and why I do what I do. You know that I am in my early sixties, have had more accidents than anyone else you have ever known or read about - these facts alone have you just shake your head and wonder. Yes, wonder for a brief moment if I was maybe a little crazy. But, you admit that I look normal - in fact, in great shape and have achieved things  that none of the people you know have ever come close to…But - the questions remain unanswered  to the point that you really do not understand the core reasons of why and how I can continue doing what I do. Read the rest of this entry »

America looks a lot smaller on the map now. Not too many years ago, six years to be exact, I had only been in thirteen of them – all of which lined up on the East Coast. As I look at the map before me, I notice that I could fit most all of the states that I have been in into two or three of the larger ones out west! Because of the marathons that I have run in all of the states (and DC), I think of the word America differently – I also feel an emotion deep within my heart as I read or say, The United States of America. Read the rest of this entry »

Photos from RRRick’s Maui race

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