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50 Marathons, 50 States

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List of marathons:

0. Twin Cities Marathon Minneapolis/St.Paul, MN 2004 DNF. Collapsed at mile 24.
1. Twin Cities Marathon Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN (with my little sister) 2005
2. Rock n Roll San Diego  San Diego, CA 2006
3. Grand Rapids Marathon  Grand Rapids, Michigan 2006
4. Chicago Marathon Chicago IL 2007 (the year that it was “cancelled” but I still made it across the finish line)
5. Twin Cities Marathon  Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN 2008 – the rainy year!
6. Big Sur International Marathon Big Sur/Carmel, CA 2009
7.  Rock n Roll Seattle Seattle, WA 2010
8.  Milwaukee Lakefront Marathon Milwaukee, WI 2010
9. Go! St. Louis Marathon St. Louis, MO 2011
10. St. George Marathon St. George, UT 2011 Recap
11. St. Jude Memphis Marathon Memphis, TN 2011 Recap
12. Marathon-to-Marathon  Storm Lake & Marathon, IA 2012 Recap
13. Steamtown Marathon Scranton, PA 2012 Recap
14. Newport Marathon Newport, OR 2013 Recap
15. Berlin Marathon  Berlin, Germany 2013 Recap
16. Flying Pig Marathon Cincinnati, OH 2014 Recap
17. Outer Banks Marathon Outer Banks, North Carolina 2014 Recap
18. Tokyo Marathon, Japan 2015 Recap
19. Grandma’s Marathon, Duluth, MN 2015 Recap
20. Richmond Marathon, Richmond, VA 2015 Recap
21. Phoenix Marathon Phoenix, AZ 2016 Recap
22. Virgin Money London Marathon London, UK 2016 Recap
23. Grandma’s Marathon, Duluth, MN 2016 Recap
24. Big Cottonwood Marathon, Cottonwood Heights, Utah 2016 Recap
25. Twin Cities Marathon, Minneapolis/St. Paul 2016 Recap
26. Boston Marathon, Boston, MA 2017 Recap
27. Grandma’s Marathon, Duluth MN 2017 Recap
28.TCS New York City Marathon, New York City, NY 2017 Recap
29. 3 Bridges Marathon , Little Rock, AR, 2017 Recap
30. Chevron Houston Marathon, Houston, TX, 2019 Recap
31. Antarctica Marathon, 2019 Recap
32. The Brookings Marathon, 2019, Brookings, South Dakota Recap
33. The Monumental Indianapolis Marathon, 2019, Indianapolis, Indiana Recap
34. The Publix Atlanta Marathon, 2020, Atlanta, Georgia Recap
35. Revel Sun Valley Marathon, 2021, Sun Valley, IdahoRecap
36. The Sanford Fargo Marathon, 2021, Fargo, North Dakota Recap
37. The Route 66 Marathon, 2021, Tulsa, Oklahoma Recap
38. The Louisiana Marathon, 2022, Baton Rouge, 
Louisiana Recap
39. The 126th Boston Marathon, 2022, Boston,  Massasschusetts, Recap
40. The Porto Marathon, 2022, Porto, Portugal

50 States:
1. Minnesota
2. California
3. Michigan
4. Illinois
5. Washington
6. Wisconsin
7. Missouri
8. Utah
9. Tennessee
10. Iowa
11. Pennsylvania
12. Oregon
13. Ohio
14. North Carolina
15. Virginia
16. Arizona
17. Massachusetts
18. New York
19. Arkansas
20. Texas
21. South Dakota
22. Indiana
23. Georgia
24. Idaho
25. North Dakota
26. Oklahoma
27. Louisiana

Continents Completed:
1. North America
2. Europe
3. Asia
4. Antarctica

Remaining Continents:
5. South America
6. Africa
7. Australia/ New Zealand

Countries:
1. America
2. Japan
3. England
4. Antarctica
5. Germany
6. Portugal

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Comments

  1. MaryBeth at The Thrive Blog says

    January 21, 2015 at 1:09 pm

    This is truly awesome! I wish you all the best getting to your 50! You ROCK!

    MB

    Reply
    • Jessie Benson says

      January 21, 2015 at 7:15 pm

      Thank you so much MaryBeth!

      Reply
  2. Barbara Sheffield says

    February 6, 2019 at 3:13 pm

    You definitely need to run the Louisiana Marathon, Baton Rouge, LA. It is in January.

    Reply
    • Rob Bowden says

      December 31, 2019 at 8:52 pm

      I enjoyed this one too. +1 for Louisiana Marathon.

      Reply
      • Jessie Benson says

        August 2, 2021 at 3:49 pm

        Good to know! I will add that one to the list!

        Reply
  3. Erin says

    November 14, 2019 at 10:33 am

    I love looking through this list!

    Reply
    • Jessie Benson says

      November 16, 2019 at 7:26 am

      Aww thanks Erin!

      Reply
  4. Liz Dexter says

    November 18, 2019 at 3:01 am

    This is SO COOL.

    Reply
    • Jessie Benson says

      November 19, 2019 at 6:43 pm

      Aww thanks!

      Reply
  5. Erin says

    October 10, 2022 at 1:33 pm

    Always nice to read about marathons I’m going to or have just run. I appreciate the recaps!

    Reply

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