He can’t imagine not wanting to do it, he replies. One of the first questions from local journalists, a continuous chain of whom have covered his progress as he’s passed through their territory, is what motivated him to make the trek in the first place. He relies on his support crew to ensure he carries nothing but his walking stick and his “magic phone.” He’s fond of milkshakes, and prefers ones from local stores to those from a chain.Īnd while nothing but friendly, both Cantrell and his wife, Sandra, love being enigmatic about some topics. He doesn’t take sight-seeing detours, even for the most enticing of opportunities. to 7 p.m., then heads to bed as quickly as possible after dinner to get his mandatory seven hours of sleep. True to his legendarily idiosyncratic personality, Cantrell has some rules while on the road. Related: Ready to run across America- or maybe not quite as far? The Big Book of Running for Beginners will take you through everything you need to know to get started, step by step. He does admit that those who come after him should tackle a trans-continental trek sooner rather than later, though: “Don’t wait until you’re old, it’s too hard on an old body,” he says. Before he set out this year, his doctor told him he wouldn’t be able to make it, but of course Cantrell ignored that. Ideally, Cantrell would’ve run across America decades ago, when he was more physically capable.
“I maybe should’ve gotten a little better with the phone before I started,” he says. But the man behind arguably the most difficult race in the world has been about a week behind schedule for most of the trek, largely because of a few unsuccessful shortcuts and some technological glitches with his iPhone. Cantrell, an ultrarunner himself back when the sport was in its infancy in the 1970s, meticulously pre-planned a route that had him reaching the Pacific Ocean in 119 days.
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