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From: Subject: The Herald, Sharon, Pa. Date: Sun, 6 Jul 2003 17:33:48 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/related; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_01D1_01C343E4.C1D82BC0"; type="text/html" X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_01D1_01C343E4.C1D82BC0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Location: http://www.sharon-herald.com/localnews/recentnews/0303/ln031903n.html The Herald, Sharon, Pa. 3D"The

=20 Published Wednesday, March 19,=20 2003

=20

Runners pass through on cross-country=20 adventure
By Larissa Theodore
Herald Staff Writer =

Two runners on a quest to jog across America trekked through = the area=20 Monday on their nationwide hike.

Scott Sehon, 25, of Philadelphia and David Bronfenbrenner, 24, = of=20 Allentown say there's no particular cause for the run across the = states,=20 that it's solely an adventure they've always wanted to take.

The graduates of Bucknell University in Lewisburg have been = runners for=20 10 years and were on their college cross-country team. They = started in New=20 Jersey on Feb. 24 and intend to make it to Oregon by early August. =

There's a strange twist of rules for the journey. For one, they = have no=20 money and don't plan to spend anything on hotels or lodging. They = said if=20 there comes a point where they don't have a host family, they've = brought=20 along equipment for camping.

Meals and overnight stays are a day-to-day mystery. At times = granola=20 bars and bottled water make up a sufficient meal.

They don't have any sponsors and lack the support of a vehicle. = They've=20 put cutting their hair and shaving on hold until it's over.

During their first week of jogging they carried their backpacks = on=20 their backs, causing stress and strain, Sehon said. They realized = that a=20 baby stroller makes a handy commodity for two backpacks.

"It's been our savior," Bronfenbrenner said.

They carry a GPS palm unit, which hooks to satellites and shows = them=20 their exact location and miles done. So far they've run 420 miles = and have=20 encountered pouring rain and a blizzard.

"We haven't been thrown off schedule so far," Bronfenbrenner = said. "The=20 only weather we've not encountered is a natural disaster."

When they reached state Route 208 in New Wilmington on Monday, = they=20 were picked up by Linda Smaltz of Hermitage.

She and her husband Richard are friends of Sehon's father, who = formerly=20 lived in Sharpsville. The Smaltz family, which includes children = John, 4,=20 and Christa, 8, saw a lodging request from the guys on their Web = site and=20 chose to open their home for the night.

Those close to them have been quite supportive, they said.

"My girlfriend has known since the day I met her that there = would be a=20 five-month leave of absence," Sehon said.

From family and friends, expressions of support are endless, = they=20 said.

"They know it's one of our dreams in life and are excited that = we've=20 chased our dreams," Sehon said.

Last month, the two quit their jobs of nearly three years to = make the=20 trek. They planned ahead for it, paying off their car and student = loan=20 debts and moving out of their living spaces.

When the journey is over Sehon, who graduated in 2000 with = degrees in=20 economics and secondary education, says he'll take a vacation = before=20 reassimilating into society.

Bronfenbrenner, who also graduated in 2000 with a chemical = engineering=20 degree, says he wants to go to graduate school and has already = applied to=20 several.

Information:

www.runtheusa.com

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