390-mile run was draining, exhilarating
Russell Warriner finished his 12-day, 390-mile jog across the state last week with a 51-mile spurt to Atlantic Beach on his final day.
“Man, it felt awesome to finish,” he said. Warriner, 21, of Cary took off running this month from the state line near Trade, Tenn., to help raise money for research on multiple sclerosis, the disorder that has left his mother’s legs weak and unsteady. He estimates he raised about $3,000 for the National MS Society.
Warriner, a newly minted Appalachian State University graduate, also made the trip to sate his thirst for adventure. Read full story
