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, Thomas Milburn from Dayton, Ohio, for completing the 50 States Half Marathon Challenge™ +D.C., in October 2026! Thomas has been a member of our 50 states running club for over seven 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, Kathleen Hayes from West Covina, California, for completing the 100 Half Marathons Challenge, in October 2026! Kathleen is a Life Membership member of our 50 states running club, and has been a member for over nine 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, Samuel Lafaye from Roanoke, Virginia, for completing the 100 Half Marathons Challenge™, in 2026! Samuel has been a member of our 50 states running club for over five years, since 2021.

Congratulations to 50 States Half Marathon Club™ member, Christine Kobeck from Fairfield, Connecticut, for completing the 50 States Half Marathon Challenge™, in 2026! Christine has been a member of our 50 states running club for over eight years, since 2018.

If you haven't heard yet, our 50 States Half Marathon Club "2027 Annual Meet Up Destination" has been officially announced! Club members from across the nation will be heading to Chattanooga, Tennessee for our Annual Member Party & Awards Night Celebration, in conjunction with the 7 Bridges Marathon, 4 Bridges Half Marathon event. Club activities will take place Friday October 22nd, 2027 through October 24th, 2027. Details have been sent out to members, as well as posted in

Congratulations to 50 States Half Marathon Club™ member, Lisa Brandt from Lebanon, Illinois, for completing the 50 States Endurance Challenge™ +D.C.! Lisa ran her final state in Alaska, finishing the 50 states journey in August 2026.

Congratulations to 50 States Half Marathon Club™ member, Lisa Wiedower from Little Rock, Arkansas, for completing the 50 States Half Marathon Challenge™ plus D.C., in August 2026! Lisa has been a member of our 50 states running club for about 2 and a half years, since 2023, and finished her 50 states journey in Alaska.

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, Michelle Brooks from Flagstaff, Arizona, for completing the 100 Half Marathons Challenge™, in August 2026! Michelle has been a member of our 50 states running club for over three years, since 2023.

Congratulations to 50 States Half Marathon Club™ member, Dale Mitchell from Melbourne, Florida, for completing the 50 States Half Marathon Challenge™! Dale finished up her 50 states journey in Alaska, in August 2026! Dale has been a member of our 50 states running club for over three years, joining us in February of 2023.

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.

Congratulations to 50 States Half Marathon Club™ member, Ginny Speier from Vienna, Virginia, for completing the 50 States Half Marathon Challenge™ Overlapping Round 2, in August 2026! Ginny has been a member of our 50 states running club for over eight years, since fall of 2017.