Eugene Bruckert, who prefers to go by Gene, is a Chicago, Illinois-based 86-year-old ultrarunner with big, exciting goals. Thanks in part to his running consistency, he routinely crosses the finish line of ultramarathons countrywide. In the last 20 years since he started racing, he’s enrolled in more than 550 races. That immense portfolio includes four ultramarathons in all 50 U.S. states. Before he “hangs up his sneakers,” he’s working on upping that nationwide tally to five. His other forefront goal is to finish a 50-mile race in every state, while simultaneously completing one hundred 50-mile events altogether.
iRunFar | August 2021
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