‘Marathon Man’ Completes 100th Race
The Annapolis, Md. resident hasn't always been a serious runner.
The Annapolis, Md. resident hasn’t always been a serious runner.
The New York Daily News has a piece about Steve Neibergall and his recent impressive accomplishment: finishing his 100th marathon and completing the 26.2-mile distance on all seven of the world’s continents.
Neibergall is a 52-year-old executive for the grocery chain store Safeway. He resides in Annapolis, Md.
But running extreme distances repeatedly hasn’t always been a part of Neibergall’s lifestyle. He started his career as a grocery store clerk.
“As a clerk, you don’t have the time [for running],” he said. “Then you start having children, and life gets busy.”
Once he was promoted to store manager, Neibergall started spending a lot of time on his feet and began running a few miles every week.
In 2004, he started going “long,” which entailed one run a week between 10 and 13 miles.
A year later, he completed his first 26.2-mile race, the Rock ‘n’ Roll Phoenix Marathon, coming across the line just under four hours.