Richard Karampatsos’ Blog Across 50 States

There are a limited amount of Heading Toward the Final Finish Line by RRRick Karampatsos available direct from the author. Read the rest of this entry »

Rrrick’s story tells how faith helps us approach many finish lines in life. He speaks of the
effort, expense, and pain expended for marathons and goes the extra mile to compare that
to preparing for the ‘final finish line.’

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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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