WWII vet shows no quit in run across America

hikerboy · Jul 18th 2015, 9:04am

"Three days a week, 91-year-old Ernie Andrus puts on his support stockings and tennis shoes, gently lowers himself out of the RV he's been living in, and slowly returns to his mission.
"The older I get, the slower I go," said Andrus.
Andrus will become the oldest person in America to run across America."

cbsnews.com/news/wwii-vet-show…it-in-run-across-america/

Sarcasmtheelf · Jul 19th 2015, 5:08pm

Awesome story!

As a side note: In case any of you are worried that the things we post on this site make us sound like idiots, the comment section in the linked article above is largely filled with people arguing about whether this 91 year old man is technically running or walking on his trek.

max.patch · Jul 19th 2015, 6:07pm

will he be running up katahdin?

odd man out · Jul 19th 2015, 8:55pm

I don't understand why people run across country. He really should slow down and enjoy the journey. Stop and smell the roses. Oops. This is what I'm supposed to say when people run the AT. Sorry.

Drybones · Jul 19th 2015, 9:02pm

odd man out wrote:

I don't understand why people run across country. He really should slow down and enjoy the journey. Stop and smell the roses. Oops. This is what I'm supposed to say when people run the AT. Sorry.

I wonder why some people do what they do...I'm sure others wonder why I do what I do...to each his own...if it floats your boat raise the sails.

Sarcasmtheelf · Jul 19th 2015, 9:30pm

Drybones wrote:

odd man out wrote:

I don't understand why people run across country. He really should slow down and enjoy the journey. Stop and smell the roses. Oops. This is what I'm supposed to say when people run the AT. Sorry.

I wonder why some people do what they do...I'm sure others wonder why I do what I do...to each his own...if it floats your boat raise the sails.

If I can manage to actually enjoy subzero winter camping, then I can accept that there are other people who genuinely enjoy long distance trail running.

LIhikers · Jul 20th 2015, 12:02am

Well, do you enjoy sub zero camping ?

Foresight · Jul 20th 2015, 7:06am

max.patch wrote:

will he be running up katahdin?

If he does I'm putting $20 towards the bottle of champagne.

LIhikers · Jul 20th 2015, 9:30am

I'll bet that the people who are splitting hairs over the difference of a walk or a run are missing the whole point of his effort.
It's so easy to get distracted by the details of something that you miss the bigger point.

Socks · Jul 20th 2015, 10:03am

SarcasmTheElf wrote:

Awesome story!

As a side note: In case any of you are worried that the things we post on this site make us sound like idiots, the comment section in the linked article above is largely filled with people arguing about whether this 91 year old man is technically running or walking on his trek.

I prefer being called an azzhole...idiot is such an ugly word.

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