Jason P. Lester Quotes

Jason P. Lester is an endurance athlete, the author of the book Running on Faith, and the 2009 ESPY Award winner for Best Male Athlete with a Disability. He is the first disabled athlete to complete the Ultraman World Championships. He is the Founder of EPIC5 Challenge, EP1CMAN and The NEVER STOP Foundation est. 2007.

Lester has completed endurance challenges such as the EPIC5 Challenge , and a 1,000-mile run and 4,000-mile bike across the United States. On May 5, 2013 Lester ran 3,550 miles across the United States, becoming the 4th fastest runner to run from San Francisco to New York City to raise money for Hurricane Sandy victims. He ran 2,600 miles along The Great Wall of China in 83 days, setting a world record by becoming the first person to run the length of the wall solo in a single attempt. Wikipedia  

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Jason P. Lester Quotes

“Running became my way of solving this puzzle of what had happened to me. It was just me and the road.”

Running on Faith: the Principles, Passion and Pursuit of a Winning Life (2010); as quoted in "First Read: Jason Lester’s Running on Faith" https://web.archive.org/web/20140726214009/http://lavamagazine.com/first-read-jason-lesters-running-on-faith/?cbg_tz=-60, LAVA Magazine (November 2, 2010).

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