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Dane Rauschenberg (born 1976) is an American long-distance runner who ran 52 marathons, one every weekend, throughout 2006. He raised over $43,000 for charity, as part of an effort he called "Fiddy2".

Background

Rauschenberg graduated from Penn State University.

Leading up to Rauschenberg's 2006 effort, he ran a few marathons as a middle-of-the-pack runner. Rauschenberg first marathon was the Harrisburg Marathon in 2001, which he finished in a time of 4:12:07, 159th overall of 281 finishers. Rauschenberg next ran the 2004 Marine Corps Marathon in 3:31:13, in 685th place. Three weeks after the Marine Corps event, Rauschenberg ran another marathon in Maryland, dropping his personal best by 10 minutes. On January 9, 2005, Rauschenberg ran in the Rock 'n' Roll Arizona Marathon in 3:09:55 in 154th place out of 7,365 finishers, qualifying for the Boston Marathon.

Before 2006, some runners tried to see how many marathons they could run on consecutive weekends. For example, Richard Worley had run a marathon on each of 159 consecutive weekends, with his times averaging around around 5 hours per marathon. Others attempted to see how many different marathons could be completed within a single calendar year, with some runners reaching 90. With this background, Rauschenberg decided in April 2005 goal of running 52 marathons on consecutive weekends during calendar year 2006. However, his enterprise competed for public attention with at least three other contemporaneous efforts, two of which involved running 50 marathons on 50 consecutive days.

Running 52 marathons in 2006

Rauschenberg called his effort "Fiddy2," which at first did not have a charity fund raising component. After running the Legg Mason First Light Marathon in Mobile, Alabama Dane selected its beneficiary, the Mobile chapter of L'Arche, to be the recipient of his efforts. Rauschenberg sought financial assistance for the project and obtained sponsorship in the form of race entry fee waivers, free meals from a local restaurant, free running shoes, and a free website. Despite many requests, Rauschenberg reports that he did not obtain monetary donations to offset Fiddy2's costs, and estimated that total travel expenses related to the effort would be $20,000. Rauschenberg sent out weekly press releases in an attempt to promote the fundraising effort, submitted blog postings, and sought speaking invitations. As a result, Rauschenberg spoke at marathon events throughout the year and was featured as a runner on race's websites and "tell your story" blogs. Rauschenberg gained radio, television, and print coverage and he called attention to the fundraising marathon project with a website and blog.

During the project, he ran marathons in Alaska, the Cayman Islands, and three in Canada.

Late in the year, to preserve his streak of marathons, Rauschenberg organized the Drake Well Marathon on his hometown's high school track, as he was not aware of any other certified race scheduled for the Christmas weekend at the time. The race was limited to 25 runners, with 21 runners from nine states participating, and was the penultimate event of his effort.

Fiddy2 was one of at least four charity fundraising projects in 2006 that involved a runner running 50 or more marathons during that year. Rauschenberg ran his 52 consecutive weekly marathons in 2006 with an average time of 3:21:16. In recognition of Rauschenberg's efforts, he was named by the marathonguide.com website (a marathon reference website) as one of the 20 outstanding USA marathon runners for 2006, as part of an effort to recognize those individuals whose participation in multiple marathons "show that marathoning is and can be part of one's regular routine." The 52nd and final race was run on December 31, 2006, with $32,000 raised at that time.

In 2007, Rauschenberg started a career as a race promoter and as a motivational speaker discussing his 52-marathon achievement and offering suggestions about running as an aspect of a healthy lifestyle.

See also

References

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