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Garry Russ sizes up 50 marathons (and so many more) in 50 states

The Winston-Salem runner checked off a completed marathon in a 50th state this summer.

Eddie Wooten

Sep 15, 2023 • 9 min read

Garry Russ, with his wife, Penny, at their first 26.2-mile race, the Outer Banks Marathon in 2006, and Garry at the finish line of the Anchorage RunFest Humpy's Marathon, checking off his 50th state, on Aug. 20 (photos courtesy of Garry Russ).