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Story last updated at 12:23 p.m. Thursday, May 8, 2003 =

Running,=20 just to run

n Joggers decide to take = hobby to next=20 level, in attempt to cross U.S.

By = Kerry=20 Heine
Staff Writer

3D"photo: 3D""=20 News-Times/Kerry=20 Heine
Scott Sehon and Dave Bronfenbrenner = stopped at=20 Verle Stahr's farm yesterday on their 3,200-mile = running trip=20 across the United States. The pair is looking for a = place to=20 stay in Hampton this evening (Thursday night). If = interested=20 in meeting this unique set of men in running shoes, = contact=20 them at (610)-730-1607 or (610)-368-5188. Also, you = can check=20 out their website at runtheusa.com. =
WACO -- They have=20 degrees in chemical engineering and economics. But just over = 70 days=20 ago, they decided they'd show the U.S.A. they could run.

Scott Sehon and Dave Bronfenbrenner met when they were in = college=20 at Bucknell University in Lewisburg, Penn. That's where = Scott=20 achieved his economics and secondary education degree and = Dave his=20 degree in chemical engineering.

"Scott came up with the idea of running (across the = country). We=20 were used to running and we thought it would be neat," Dave=20 explained.

That statement basically sums up the reason these two = young men=20 traveled to Seabright, N.J., along the Atlantic Ocean -- and = began=20 to run.

They aren't doing it for a cause, a business, or to = promote a=20 running shoe. This big, American-sized jaunt is just to = prove they=20 can make the 3,200-mile trip to Florence, Ore., located = along the=20 Pacific Ocean.

"We wanted to do it on our own terms. Just in case we got = in the=20 middle of Nebraska and wanted to quit, we didn't want to = promise=20 anyone anything," Dave said about their "causeless jog."

They haven't quite reached the middle of Nebraska, but = they=20 arrived at the Verle Stahr farm yesterday -- which is pretty = close.

Stahr said he heard about the runners from his wife, = Peggy. "One=20 of her students at Centennial heard about it. And people who = do=20 strange things just intrigue us, quite a bit."

So, the Stahrs got onto the runners' website, which was = designed=20 by the joggers' friend, David Ledgerwood, in order to = contact them.

Yesterday they showed up at the Stahrs' farm.

"This is the third farm we've stayed at," Dave said, = adding that=20 they'd stayed with farmers raising everything from corn, = pigs, to=20 cattle along the way.

Before staying with the Stahrs, they stopped at the = University of=20 Nebraska in Lincoln.

"Early on, we stayed with friends and friends of friends. = We were=20 eased into it that way," Dave noted of their daily runs, = which=20 average from 14 to 33 miles. "One thing everyone has had in = common=20 is how hospitable they are."

They've had a few interesting experiences, without too = much=20 trouble.

"We've been stopped by police five times," noted Scott.

The pair began with backpacks, but six days into their = trip,=20 turned to the "baby jogger," a type of stroller made for = jogging=20 that allows them to push their pack.

"I think the baby strollers help (with any bothersome = people),"=20 Scott added.

Early on, they faced some freezing temperatures. "As long = as we=20 are moving things go okay," David said.

Sitting around the Stahrs' kitchen table, Verle recalled = some of=20 his own adventures, spurred by the joggers' stories.

"When I was in college in 1953, there were 353 miles back = and=20 forth to home. Hitchhiking was the standard procedure -- it = was just=20 another way to travel back in those days."

Years later, Stahr and his wife traveled through Europe = staying=20 at various bed and breakfasts along the way.

Regardless of his own adventures, Stahr still asked the = runners=20 what their parents thought about all this.

"I told my parents I was going to do this, my entire = life," Scott=20 noted. "They said they would support me. I haven't needed it = so=20 far."

Both runners agreed that they've only faced "general mom=20 concerns."

"They worry, but they don't get in the way too much," = Dave added.

And, they've got their cell phones.

"We'll probably lose that service once we get into = Wyoming," they=20 said.

When asked if there would be a memoir written of this = jaunt=20 across the U.S., Dave said they've "talked about it. In = general, the=20 idea is interesting, but the day-to-day routine can get = quite=20 repetitive. We thought we'd almost have to make it fiction, = based=20 loosely on the true experience. We'll see, who knows?"

But, as Verle noted, who knows what they have waiting for = them in=20 the next 1,000-plus miles of this great American jog.

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Temperature:	95=B0 F
Sky = Conditions:	Clear
Wind:	From the SSW at 12 MPH
Relative = Humidity:	36%
Visibility:	10 miles
Pressure:	29.73 in. Hg
Dew Point:	64=B0 F
Last = updated: Sun,=20 06-Jul-2003 12:39

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