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By City News Service May 7, 2021 LOS ANGELES (CNS) - Veteran distance runner Stan Cottrell is celebrating his 78th birthday this morning by embarking from Los Angeles' Pan Pacific Park for 100 days of back-to-back marathons to raise funds for charity before arriving in Washington, D.C. Cottrell entered the Guinness Book of World Records in 1980 by completing a cross-country run in 48 days. He has run across Europe in 80 days, and run 2,152 miles in 53 days across China. He says he has run through 40 countries and accumulated more than 266,000 miles in his 63-year career. His latest Amazing F...

By City News Service May 8, 2021 LOS ANGELES (CNS) - Veteran distance runner Stan Cottrell celebrated his 78th birthday this morning by embarking from Los Angeles' Pan Pacific Park for 100 days of back-to-back marathons to raise funds for charity before arriving in Washington, D.C.   Cottrell entered the Guinness Book of World Records in 1980 by completing a cross-country run in 48 days. He has run across Europe in 80 days, and run 2,152 miles in 53 days across China. He says he has run through 40 countries and accumulated more than 266,000 miles in his 63-year career.   His latest Amazi...

78-year-old distance runner begins cross-country run from LA to Washington DC Published  78-year-old distance runner set to embark on cross-country run LOS ANGELES - Veteran distance runner Stan Cottrell is celebrating his 78th birthday by embarking from Los Angeles' Pan Pacific Park for 100 days of back-to-back marathons to raise funds for charity before arriving in Washington, D.C. Cottrell entered the Guinness Book of World Records in 1980 by completing a cross-country run from New York to San Francisco in 48 days. He ran across Europe in 80 days, and ran 2,152 miles in 53 days across Chi...

By MAY ZHOU in Houston | chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2021-05-05 11:39 Share CLOSE Bernard Loeffke with China's swimming national champion in 1980 while serving at the US embassy in Beijing. PHOTO PROVIDED TO CHINA DAILY Bernard Loeffke, retired US Army major general, motivated by own experiences While this year marks the 50th anniversary of Ping-Pong Diplomacy, which was started by American and Chinese table tennis players and led to sports and cultural exchanges between the two nations, retired US Army Major General Bernard Loeffke ...

/PRNewswire/ -- The Friendship Sports Association invites media to join celebrity guests, and supporters of 78-year old distance runner, Guinness World Record...