Runner attempting 50 marathons in 50 states stops in Kansas City

What BBN said about it

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorWilliam Goodge is running fifty marathons in fifty states in twenty-four days, and Kansas City was stop seventeen.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorJoining us is Leopold Tarkington, inmate and logistics trustee at FCI Ashbrook.

3. LT

   Leopold TarkingtonThanks for having me, Hank. I've been following this one closely. The mileage is nothing, the vehicle is everything.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorGoodge says the hardest part is there's no schedule, because the crew drives through the night to the next state in an RV.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorIs he right?

6. LT

   Leopold TarkingtonYes. Strictly as a hypothetical, an RV at three a.m. with no schedule, you're driving away from something. That's the hard part.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThese people are driving toward New York. He finishes there on November first.

8. LT

   Leopold TarkingtonSure. Strictly as a hypothetical, though, I'd never park in the same lot twice. And I'd split the snacks into three bags.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThree bags.

10. LT

    Leopold TarkingtonOne for the driver, one for the runner, and one for the person in the back who probably shouldn't be there. Hypothetically.

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    Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorRunners from each state have been joining him for parts of the route. Tre Bravo ran with him in Kansas City.

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    Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorWould that help or hurt?

13. LT

    Leopold TarkingtonHurt. Strictly as a hypothetical, a crowd of locals in matching shirts is how a man ends up on the evening news.

14. LT

    Leopold TarkingtonI checked this with my stopwatch.

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    Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorMr. Tarkington, what exactly were you convicted of?

16. LT

    Leopold TarkingtonA clerical mix-up, Hank. Strictly as a hypothetical, it was a rented RV, a state line, and a clerk who counted wrong.

17. LT

    Leopold TarkingtonNobody drove for twenty-four days.

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    Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorMr. Goodge has seventeen states done and you have a stopwatch.

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    Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorRex has the sports, and he has opinions about men who finish what they start.