Two men from eastern Iowa plan to complete a remarkable feat in the New Year. Dennis Lee of Walford and Daren Schumaker (SHOO-may-ker) of Cedar Rapids are running marathons in all 99 Iowa counties.
They spoke with KCRG-TV during their recent 26.2 mile long run through Cerro Gordo County.
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Their journey began in 2009. They have about a dozen more counties left and Lee said they’ve scheduled Delaware County for their final marathon in mid-September.
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“It’s almost a bitter-sweet thing because we’ve done so many and had a lot of fun, but we’re looking forward to the end,” Lee told KCRG. The two men conceived the idea many years ago as a way to raise money for the American Heart Association.
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link: to KCRG story
