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, 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, 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.

Congratulations to 50 States Half Marathon Club™ member, Ann Yarbrough from Melbourne, Florida, for completing the 50 States Endurance Challenge, in August 2026! Ann completed mostly half marathons in all of the states, and one full marathon in the state of Florida, completing her 50 states journey in Alaska. Ann has been a member of our 50 states running club for over four years, since spring of 2022.

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, Tim Mahaffey from The Villages, Florida, for completing the 50 States Half Marathon Challenge™, in July 2026! Tim 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, Shari Capers from Collierville, Tennessee, for completing the 50 States Half Marathon Challenge™ +D.C., in June 2026! Shari has been a member of our fifty states running club for over ten years!

Congratulations to 50 States Half Marathon Club™ member, Rutledge Capers from Collierville, Tennessee, for completing the 50 States Half Marathon Challenge™ +D.C., in June 2026! Rutledge has been a member of our 50 states running club for over ten years!

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, 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

Congratulations to 50 States Half Marathon Club™ member, Jack Absher from Las Vegas, Nevada, for completing the 25 Countries Endurance Challenge™, in June 2026! Jack is the first to finish one of our newest club challenges, checking off a half marathon in twenty five countries in just over four years! Jack ran half marathons in 9 countries in Asia, 4 North America countries, 2 countries in Africa, 2 countries in South America, 7 countries in Europe, and Australia!

Congratulations to 50 States Half Marathon Club™ member, Hillery Campbell from Seattle, Washington, for completing the 50 States Half Marathon Challenge™ plus D.C., in June 2026! Hillery is a Life Membership member, and has been with our 50 states running club for over four years.

Congratulations to 50 States Half Marathon Club™ member, Tracey Stotz from La Mesa, California, for completing the 50 States Endurance Challenge™, in June 2026! Tracey has been a member of our 50 states running club for over three years, since early 2023.

Congratulations to 50 States Half Marathon Club member, Elizabeth Gugenheim from Avon, Indiana, for completing the 50 States Half Marathon Challenge, in June 2026! Elizabeth is a Life Membership member of our 50 states running club.

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, Nancy Alvarez from Hartsville, South Carolina, for finishing the 50 States Half Marathon Challenge™ +D.C., in June 2026! Nancy has been a member of our 50 states running club for over two years.