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Show Runner survives he and completes trip I'.ill Chapman, the San Erancisco to Falmouth. Mass . bound runner, completed his 3.4i mile cross country run for the American Cancer Society ci June 8 The 2fi-ear-old former Falmouth r--iri-nl left S.in Frnnrivo on March I .md arnvrtl in Vernal. I tan. Aprn .. Chapman was 12 p.jnrl lighter and wore (Hit fie pair of running shoes "There uen J.ns of pa:n. cia-s cV fatigue atid (i.is frustration, hut for l nplo who h ive cancer. erry ci.iv is lougbs-r than th.it." st.ited Chapman After Ch.ipm.m anil his tracl;rg partner. Itm:h McCartney, crvissovi the finish hi- they ran to :)-, Atlantic oc-can anil riuni-d a Ntt!e filUM u r,h water from the Pacific Ocean The cross country runner. Chapman. !;. in planning the run nearly ttirs-e ears a(:n after a close friend d.od of cancer His aim was to cenerate publicity and phtlgi-s br local cancer society chapters across the country McCartney drove a support car in advance of Chapman, informing the meslu of bis arrival and setting up interviews along the way "IVing the advance w nrk was a harvi thing N-cause o had so little time There is a lot more we could have done. Nit we still emted up w ith 7S newspaper articles and nine television ap. pea ranees." s-nd McCartney Chapman, who has he en nmning for II years, started training two wars ago for the mil He said he averaged o miles a day. the equivalent of I'-marathons I'-marathons "1 had to get into efficiency training, which is ennte different from regular training Iwasnevrra morning runn-r. hut 1 used a hours a day in twe-xr r to l.'aii at it just ':lt i ! sa : d j Nc,-rf r-- ir?ij i i ,i can-.;-d cut &ri ec:lK?-an ec:lK?-an g ihe vny TV cca.-in cca.-in homes of r-eorit S-motimcs :."ey would (ii few a church h sta v !..-;-man also er.oox ihinr. g h.s tr.p Trec?-the Trec?-the Rivky Voiir.'.aiw . to gam ter.A'r.:'.:s rr.a.ic it itrpiss:h!e Ur i t t.-r.or.al Pay 1". fr : Oapman was m. rsc J learrx-d that h.s '.iTfr : t on si;:'fer'-.g frm a r tumor, had cit- c-ii-pr: i -and tv.s corvi tuir. if J i that pomt Ch.ifm.A- r , (in!!ir.g thr nr, to f " . "It was rough. tjt ' ' t-i v-lf to the run ni t thmg Pun then, th-.v. relaxed to me. he ti-Jd me to Ki-p f.-'.-f.y Chapman cismp'ete.t " cross eour.'.rs r"' 1 in Vs-rr.al on Apni J V many ups and ii.,"9 Vernal, hut I rr.s.if ii f tivk UV da-s TNf hri; 1 Apnl in NohrAsKj iV-grresi that I x:l ' ! I see yxir arra hs " aNn e degrees 'i ' smile It was a V- " wixiKhi't trade lVsr A an thiiig." statrxl P." - |