” I Run” tribute

Posted on: May 12th, 2016 by Robert Ingraham

Roy Pirrung is a world-class ultra-marathoner. His running career has taken him to 29 states and 25 countries around the world. Roy has run 60 races of 100 miles or greater and holds numerous American sanctioned records. His name appears in the Guinness World Records. But the numbers do not tell the whole story. Roy is a gifted speaker and uses this gift to mentor athletes and to convey his message of inspiration to community groups and schools. Roy is also a gifted writer and has used this skill to impart his impeccable knowledge about health and nutrition. Roy had an article published in Chicken Soup for the Runners Soul and is presently working on an autobiography. All of this and more are discussed in our program “I Run: The Roy Pirrung Show.” watch for this program airing in 2016 on WSCS.