Text gump to 50555 to donate $10 - Six Marines Run Across the US in a 'Gumpathon'
Six marines run across the US in a 'Gumpathon'
11 November 2010 Last updated at 00:59 ET
A group of six British and US marines have run across the US - from New York to California - to raise money for wounded veterans, the BBC's Katie Connolly reports.
Colour Sgt Damian Todd doesn't even like to run. "I hate running. I absolutely hate it with a passion," he told the BBC.
And yet he has just led a team of six marines on a 3,530 mile, eight-week running odyssey, passing through three deserts, four time zones, 10 mountain ranges, 16 states and 789 towns across the US.
Colour Sgt Todd dubbed this trek "the Gumpathon", after the film Forrest Gump, where the title character runs across America. Colour Sgt Todd liked the idea when he saw the film 14 years ago, and stashed the seemingly fanciful notion in the back of his mind for a later date.
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