Fordham Law alumnus James Creedon ’09, army reservist and 9/11 responder, was featured in Military Times in anticipation of his 170-mile weeklong race through the Grand Canyon.
The mileage that Creedon, 40, will cover in the Sept. 24-30 ultrarace is a far cry from his start as a runner. He wasn’t athletic as a kid, he said, and he hadn’t pounded the pavement much until he joined Army ROTC at age 30. The initial two required miles he ran soon turned to six. Then someone told him that if he could run that far, he should try a marathon.
Creedon accepted that challenge, completing the New York City Marathon in 2008 and thinking to himself, “Gee, I guess I’m not so bad at this running thing.”
As he continued to log miles on the road and on trails, Creedon set his sights on even greater distances. After finishing his first 50-kilometer trail race in September 2016, he began training and preparing for the upcoming weeklong 170-miler, his greatest endurance feat thus far. He’ll be one of 125 runners to take in the challenge, including 26 Americans.
