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43 year old
Tom Jones
is called an "extreme" athlete. But when people hear
what he
has
accomplished, more often than not, they ask if "extreme"
is an "extreme" enough word to describe him.
He has run the length of California several times--at a
pace of a marathon (26.2 miles) per day. He has also
run from California to New York at the same marathon per
day pace. That's right... 120 consecutive days... 26.2
miles per day. Make that 121 consecutive days, because
when he arrived in NY, he competed in the New York City
marathon, and finished in under four hours. In 2003,
Tom ran a marathon, and followed it up by competing in a
sanctioned Muay Thai kickboxing match, which he won by
KO in the third round. To make a long story short,
"if
it can't be done, Tom will do it".
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In 2007, Tom set a
World Record by paddle boarding the entire length of
the California coast (1,250 miles) to help raise
awareness to the "plastic pollution" in our oceans.
Currently, there is
enough plastic in the Pacific Ocean to encase 2/3 of
the State of California in a plastic bag or all of
the Hawaiian Islands.
In July
2008, Tom is going to challenge himself to
Endurance Island where he will bike then
run (134 miles each portion), then paddle board
around the island of Oahu (over 200+ miles) to again
bring national and international attention to the
seriousness of "plastic pollution" in our oceans.
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Why are Tom's endeavors so extreme? Because, Tom
has an extreme passion for troubled youth and
environmental causes, and staging extreme events is his
way of drawing attention to, and raising funds to
eradicate the negative issues that will affect our
future. He will literally do "whatever it takes,"
and his efforts have motivated tens of thousands of
people to exit their comfort zones and become active in
youth-oriented social and environmental issues.
Please
explore Tom's website and be sure to visit the
Endurance Island website to see how Tom is
continuing to fight and bring awareness to the "plastic
pollution" in our oceans. You can help too by
donating to this very worthy cause and help Tom fight
this very serious problem.
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We encourage you to read on... to explore the remainder
of this web site, and to challenge yourself to EXIT YOUR
COMFORT ZONE, and care for the welfare of the
generations to follow.
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