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'''Dane Rauschenberg''' (born [[May 31]], [[1976]]) is an amateur [[athlete]] who in 2006 completed his goal of runningran 52 [[marathon]]s —on oneconsecutive everyweekends weekendin —2006 and attempted to raise [[USD|$]]52,000 to benefit the [[Mobile, Alabama]] chapter of [[L'Arche]] Internationale, as part of an effort he called "'''Fiddy2'''".<ref>{{cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=One Marathon Per Week for a Whole Year. |url=http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6139116 |quote=Dane Rauschenberg is on a quest to run one marathon every week in 2006.So far, he's on track to keep that vow. Rauschenberg has used his running quest to raise money for mentally handicapped teenagers. |publisher=[[NPR]] |date=September 25, 2006 |accessdate=2007-12-11 }}</ref><ref name=WPost>{{cite news |first=Arianne |last=Aryanpur |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Top This Resolution: A Marathon a Week - Area Lawyer's Quest Includes Fundraising. |url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/01/04/AR2006010400627.html |quote=With his law school finals just days away, Dane Rauschenberg had the urge to jump off a mountain. So he rounded up two buddies who were also studying in Florence, hopped a plane for the Swiss Alps and went paragliding. |publisher=[[The Washington Post]] |date=[[January 8]], [[2006]] |accessdate=2007-12-12 }}</ref> <ref name=SunGazette2007>Facinoli, dave. [http://www.sungazette.net/articles/2007/01/08/arlington/sports/spt10.txt/ "Rauschenberg’s Milestone"], ''Sun Gazette'', [[January 8]], [[2007]]. Accessed [[December 10]], [[2007]].</ref> The 52nd and final race was run on [[December 30]], [[2006]], with at least $32,000 raised to that point.<ref>Sciullo, Maria. [http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/06364/750070-140.stm "Running: Marathon of marathons about to end"], ''[[Pittsburgh Post-Gazette]]'', [[December 30]], [[2006]]. Accessed [[October 28]], [[2007]].</ref>

==Running resume==

* Winning the Drake Well Marathon in 3:07:38 ([[December 23]], [[2006]]), a race he organized that involved twenty participants running around a track 105.5 times in [[Titusville, Pennsylvania]].<ref name=SunGazette2007/>

* Finishing first in a field of 52 runners the PT Cruiser Challenge (February 5-6, 2005), an event consisting of a 15k, 5k, and marathon within 24 hours in [[Tampa, Florida]].<ref>[http://www.doitsports.com/newresults3/client/3001_21913_2005.txt PT Cruiser Challenge, 2005 Results]</ref>

* Running 84 miles at the Presque Isle Personal Endurance Classic ([[October 18]], [[2003]]), a non-competitive event in [[Erie, Pennsylvania]] in which participants traverse a one-mile loop for 12 consecutive hours.<ref>[http://erie-runnersclub.org/endurance/results_2003.html Personal Endurance Classic, 2003 results].</ref>

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== Biography ==

Rauschenberg ran his first marathon in 4:12:07<ref> [http://www.marathonguide.com/results/browse.cfm?MIDD=1196011111, 2001 Harrisburg Marathon Results ]</ref> at the Harrisburg Marathon. Two years later, Rauschenberg ran the Erie Marathon, in 3:29:04<ref> [http://www.erie-runnersclub.org/marathon/results_2003.html, 2003 Erie Marathon Results]</ref> and finished 52nd overall. Neither time was particularly impressive. Rauschenberg then ran the Presque Isle Personal Endurance Classic, an non-competitive event where participants ran a 1.0 mile loop in Presque Isle State Park, in [[Erie, Pennsylvania]] for 12 hours.<ref>[http://www.erie-runnersclub.org/endurance/results_2003.html 2003 Results]</ref>

Rauschenberg next ran the 2004 [[Marine Corps Marathon]] in 3:31:13 for 685th place. Three weeks after Marine Corps event, Rauschenberg ran another marathon in Maryland dropping his personal best 10 minutes. On [[January 9]], [[2005]], Rauschenberg ran in the Phoenix Rock N' Roll Marathon where hisin 3:09:55 finishing time was good forin 154th place out of 7,365 finishers, and enough towhich qualifyqualifies someone his age for the [[Boston Marathon]].<ref>[http://results.active.com/pages/searchform.jsp#hot_links 2005 Race Results], P.F. Chang's Rock 'n' Roll Arizona Marathon and 1/2 Marathon. Accessed [[November 29]], [[2007]].</ref>

Rauschenberg also ran the JFK 50 Mile Race finishing in 8:32:57, in 97th place.<ref>[http://jfk50mile.org/2005/Results05e.txt 2005 JFK 50 Mile Results]</ref>

In recognition of his 52-marathon project, Rauschenberg was selected co-Male Runner of the Year by the 62 member Washington Running Club in 2006<ref>[http://www.washrun.org/leaderpg.html WRC History and Member Recognition], Washington Running Club. Accessed [[December 3]], [[2007]].</ref>

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==Fiddy2==

The 52 marathon project was called '''fiddy2''' and the orgin or significance of that name is unknown. Rauschenberg started planning the project without a charity component, but added one a couple of months into the planning.<ref>http://www.coolrunning.com/forums/Forum9/HTML/001605.shtml</ref>

Rauschenberg undertook to run 52 marathons on 52 consecutive weekends with the goal of raising funds for the [[Mobile, Alabama]] chapter of [[L'Arche]], an organization that assists individuals with mental disabilities, as a charitable beneficiary.<ref name=WPost/>

===MethodologySignificance===

Although Rauschenberg undertook the project in the hopes of being the first person to run marathons on 52 consecutive weekends, he was not. (Richard Worley ran marathons on 159 consecutive weekends.)<ref>{{cite news | first=Kathy | last=Orton | coauthors= | title=Texan's Weekend Job Provides Great Benefits | date=2004-10-27 | publisher= | url =http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A407-2004Oct26.html | work =The Washington Post | pages =D4 | accessdate = 2007-11-28 | language = }}</ref> Rauschenberg did not run the most marathons in one year (at least one person has run 79 marathons in a calendar year.)<ref Name="sc">http://mm.littlemarathon.com/ScoreCard.asp Retrieved 2007-11-28.</ref> In a year of numerous projects regarding running multiple marathons ([[Dean Karnazes]] ran 50 marathon distances in 50 days in 50 states<ref>http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/15.01/ultraman.html</ref>; Sam Thompson ran 50 marathon distances in 50 days in 50 states<ref>http://starbulletin.com/2006/07/13/news/story07.html</ref>; Chuck Engle ran 50 marathons in 2006 all under 3 hours),<ref>http://www.chuckengle.com/Events/TheSchedule.cfm Retrieved 2007-12-07.</ref> it was difficult to attract donations in response to this project.

Rauschenberg did not obtain corporate sponsorship to underwrite the cost of his project which left the cost of the endeavor solely up to Rauschenberg.<ref>http://fiddy2.org/faq.html</ref> Rauschenberg sent out weekly press releases and offered to speak at marathon events. In spite of the fact that many marathons often are tied to their own charitable beneficiary, Rauschenberg was asked to speak at many marathon events throughout the year and was featured as a runner on many race's websites.<ref>http://www.littlerockmarathon.com/Information/RockStars.cfm</ref> <ref>http://qcmarathon.blogspot.com/2006/09/fiddy2-coming-to-qcm.html</ref><ref>http://fiddy2.org/images/NFpaper.jpg</ref>. Rauschenberg gained radio, television, and print coverage and he called attention to the project with a website<ref>http:www.fiddy2.org</ref>▼

Rauschenberg organizedclaimed that due to the Drakelack Wellof Marathonmarathons on Christmas weekend, aRauschenberg had to organize his own 20-person marathon race on his hometown'sa high school track, asto the final event ofmeet his 52-week goal.<ref name=SunGazette>Wind, Jay Jacob. [http://www.sungazette.net/articles/2006/12/15/arlington/sports/spt27.txt "Rauschenberg Nears Goal"], ''Sun Gazette'', [[December 11]], [[2006]]. Accessed [[December 11]], [[2007]]. "Then, wearing bib number 49 at the Dallas White Rock Marathon, Rauschenberg, 30, finished marathon number 49, running 3:09:36 for 121st place. He has just three more 26.2-milers ahead, including Jacksonville, Fla. this weekend and the first-ever Drake Well Marathon on Dec. 23, in his home town of Titusville, Pa., which he had to organize himself because no other marathon was available on Christmas weekend."</ref> In fact, another marathon was held on December 23, 2006, which was won in a time of 3:01:20.<ref>http://www.marathonmaniacs.com/race/pigtailsFlatAss06Results.htm Retrieved 2007-12-14.</ref>▼

===Methodology===

▲Rauschenberg organized the Drake Well Marathon, a 20-person marathon race on his hometown's high school track, as the final event of his 52-week goal.<ref name=SunGazette>Wind, Jay Jacob. [http://www.sungazette.net/articles/2006/12/15/arlington/sports/spt27.txt "Rauschenberg Nears Goal"], ''Sun Gazette'', [[December 11]], [[2006]]. Accessed [[December 11]], [[2007]]. "Then, wearing bib number 49 at the Dallas White Rock Marathon, Rauschenberg, 30, finished marathon number 49, running 3:09:36 for 121st place. He has just three more 26.2-milers ahead, including Jacksonville, Fla. this weekend and the first-ever Drake Well Marathon on Dec. 23, in his home town of Titusville, Pa., which he had to organize himself because no other marathon was available on Christmas weekend."</ref>

▲Rauschenberg did not obtain corporate sponsorship to underwrite the cost of his project which left the cost of the endeavor solely up to Rauschenberg.<ref>http://fiddy2.org/faq.html</ref> Rauschenberg sent out weekly press releases and offered to speak at marathon events. In spite of the fact that many marathons often are tied to their own charitable beneficiary, Rauschenberg was asked to speakspoke at many marathon events throughout the year and was featured as a runner on many race's websites and "share your story" [[blog|blogs]].<ref>http://www.littlerockmarathon.com/Information/RockStars.cfm</ref> <ref>http://qcmarathon.blogspot.com/2006/09/fiddy2-coming-to-qcm.html</ref><ref>http://fiddy2.org/images/NFpaper.jpg</ref>. Rauschenberg gained radio, television, and print coverage and he called attention to the project with a website<ref>http:www.fiddy2.org</ref> and a [[blog]].<ref>http://www.allsportrunning.com/personalLog/index.cfm?PLConfigID=1</ref>.

==See also==