Fewer than 400 runners have ever completed the transcon. After his finish, Lt. Johnson returned to duty as a surface warfare officer, stationed in Newport, Rhode Island. His Navy career started with ...

Robbie Erickson has always been a runner. "I've been a runner since I ran home from my grandpa's farm when I was 5 or 6," said Erickson, who is now 43 and living in Collins. "My dad signed me up ...