Bill Sycalik loves to run, and he has a fondness for America’s national parks.
Sycalik, 45, is combining those two interests in a unique — and some might say a little crazy — plan to run the length of a standard marathon in each of the nation’s 59 national parks.
Sycalik came one step closer to accomplishing this feat when he checked park No. 8 off his list by completing a marathon-length run though Wind Cave National Park near Hot Springs, South Dakota.
Sycalik says that the idea to run through all 59 national parks came to him in May, when he was living in New York City and working as a corporate information technology manager, but secretly wanting to move west and “reconnect with nature.”
Looking for a meaningful goal, Sycalik noticed that the National Parks system was celebrating its 100th anniversary. He thought doing a marathon through each park would be a good way to get to see all 59 parks, and help promote the parks, their centennial, and maybe also inspire others to visit them.
Sycalik’s end goal in doing all this running is to showcase the parks. His next journeys will be in Grand Teton National Park, then Yellowstone and Glacier.
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