50 STATES RUNNING CLUB NEWS, ANNOUNCEMENTS & MORE

Congratulations to 50 States Half Marathon Club member, Kendra Hancock from Angier, North Carolina, for completing the 50 States Half Marathon Challenge™, in October 2026! Kendra is a Life Membership member of our 50 states run club, and has been a member for over three years.

Congratulations to 50 States Half Marathon Club member, Dhanush Jayaprakash from Liberty Hill, Texas, for completing the 50 States Endurance Challenge™, in October 2026! While our youngest on record to finish the 50 States Half Marathon Challenge is age 11, Dhanush is the youngest club member to finish the 50 States Endurance Challenge™ at age 17! The 50 States Endurance Challenge™ is a special 50 states running club challenge with a wider variety of distances accepted than

Congratulations to 50 States Half Marathon Club member, Jennifer Schell from Springdale, Ohio, for completing the 50 States Half Marathon Challenge™ plus D.C., in October 2026! Jennifer is a Life Membership member of our 50 states running club, and has been a member for over four years.

Congratulations to 50 States Half Marathon Club member, Lisanna Stotts from Swarthmore, Pennsylvania, for completing the 50 States Half Marathon Challenge™ in October 2026! Lisanna has been a 50 states running club member for over seven years.

Congratulations to 50 States Half Marathon Club™ member, Jennifer Clark from Brandon, Mississippi, for completing a 3rd official round of the 50 States Half Marathon Challenge™, in October 2026! Jennifer is the first person to finish an official 3rd round, in the history of our 50 states running club, meaning none of our 50 States Half Marathon Challenges overlapped one another. Each round started after the previous round was completed. Jennifer has been a member of our 50

Congratulations to 50 States Half Marathon Club™ member, Jamie Koonce from Knoxville, Tennessee, for completing the 50 States Half Marathon Challenge™, in September 2026! Jamie has been a member of our 50 states running club for almost seven years.

Congratulations to 50 States Half Marathon Club™ member, Melissa Compeaux from Cut Off, Louisiana, for completing the 50 States Endurance Challenge +D.C., in September 2026! Melissa has been a member of our 50 states running club for over three years.

Congratulations to 50 States Half Marathon Club™ member, Sandey Gutenschwager from Wyandotte, Michigan, for completing the 50 States Half Marathon Challenge™ +D.C., in September 2026! Sandey is a Life Membership member, and has been a member of our 50 states running club for almost nine years.

Congratulations to 50 States Half Marathon Club™ member, Susan S. Davis from Boerne, Texas, for completing the 50 States Endurance Challenge™, in August 2026! Susan completed full marathons in 7 states, and half marathons in the remaining 43 states, ending the 50 states journey in Alaska. Susan has been a member of our 50 states running club for over seven years, since 2019.

Half Marathons can be a fun event distance to intertwine into Half Ironman or Ironman training. Additionally, Ironman and Half Ironman distance triathlons count toward our 50 States Half Marathon Club's 50 states challenges. Our 50 states running club is a great way to mix it up, and enjoy a bit of both, while working towards a 50 states challenge. The 50 States Endurance Challenge™ is great for the endurance athletes, which allows a combination of full Ironman distance, hal

Congratulations to 50 States Half Marathon Club™ member, David Winstead from Jacksonville, Arkansas, for completing the 50 States Half Marathon Challenge™, in June 2026! David has been a member of our fifty states running club for over eight years.

Congratulations to 50 States Half Marathon Club™ member, Christine Rohn-Tielke from Avon, Ohio, for completing the 50 States Half Marathon Challenge™! Christine has been a member of our 50 states running club for over eight years.

Congratulations to 50 States Half Marathon Club™ member, Jack Absher from Las Vegas, Nevada, for completing the 100 Half Marathons Challenge™, in 2026! Jack is a Life Membership member of our 50 states running club. 100 half marathons - club challenge of 50 States Half Marathon Club

Congratulations to 50 States Half Marathon Club member, David Clark from Brandon, Mississippi, for completing a 5k in all 50 States, in June 2026! David started out as support crew for his wife Jennifer, and soon enough he was along for the adventure doing 5k's as part of 50 States Half Marathon Club's family challenge, allowing for the opportunity of family members to do a shorter distance in all 50 states, rather than our traditional 50 States Half Marathon Challenge! Dav

By 50 States Half Marathon Club member, Christine Palmisano: In May 2025, I crossed the finish line of the Hibiscus Half Marathon in Hawaii and completed a goal that had been 16 years in the making: running 13.1 miles in all 50 states. Like many of you, I started with a single race. I had no grand plan, no expectation that it would take more than a decade and a half, and certainly no idea how much the journey would shape my life. I didn't know about the 50 States Half Maratho

Congratulations to 50 States Half Marathon Club™ member, Jason Gladden from Seattle, Washington, for completing the 50 States Half Marathon Challenge™ +D.C., in June 2026! Jason, a Life Membership member of our 50 states running club, has been a member for over four years.

By 50 States Half Marathon Club member, Gary Chatham: When I began pursuing a goal of running a half marathon in all 50 states + DC, I never imagined the journey would eventually inspire a book. Like many runners, I discovered that success rarely comes from a single race. It happens after showing up consistently, adapting to setbacks, trusting the process, and continuing forward when progress feels slow. Those lessons became increasingly important as the miles accumulated and

Congratulations to 50 States Half Marathon Club™ member, Molly McGuire from Selma, Indiana, for completing the 50 States Endurance Challenge™ +D.C., in June 2026! Molly has been a member of our 50 states running club for just a short time.

Congratulations to 50 States Half Marathon Club™ member, Lorrie Newhouse from West Lafayette, Indiana, for completing the 50 States Half Marathon Challenge™ plus D.C., in June 2026! Lorrie has been a member of our 50 states running club for over eight years, since 2018. Fifty States Running Club

Congratulations to 50 States Half Marathon Club™ member, Kristine Gillespie from Tinley Park, Illinois, for finishing the 50 States Half Marathon Challenge™, in June 2026! Kristi Gillespie has been a long time member of our 50 states running club for over fourteen years, since 2012!