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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2018

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S E N A T E   R E S O L U T I O N

CONGRATULATING NICK WISHART ON BECOMING THE FIRST RHODE ISLANDER

TO COMPLETE THE WORLD MARATHON CHALLENGE

     

     Introduced By: Senators Nesselbush, Metts, Lombardi, Satchell, and Lombardo

     Date Introduced: June 07, 2018

     Referred To: Recommended for Immediate Consideration

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     WHEREAS, Inaugurated in 2015, the World Marathon challenge is a brutally difficult

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event that astonishingly requires a person to complete seven marathons (that's 26.2 miles) on each

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of the seven continents in seven days; and

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     WHEREAS, The 2018 World Marathon Challenge was conducted from January 30,

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2018, to February 5, 2018, with the first marathon on Antarctica, followed by subsequent daily

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marathons in Cape Town, South Africa; Perth, Australia; Dubai, United Arab Emirates; Lisbon,

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Portugal; Cartagena, Colombia; and finishing in Miami, Florida; and,

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     WHEREAS, Mr. Nick Wishart, a resident of Pawtucket, Rhode Island, and member of

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Industrial Revolution CrossFit, is a dedicated runner and physical fitness enthusiast who has run

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three Boston Marathons and the New York City Marathon. Looking for yet another challenge to

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overcome, Mr. Wishart heard about the World Marathon Challenge and was instantly interested

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in competing in this race because it combined two things he loves, a very difficult athletic

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endeavor and world travel; and

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     WHEREAS, Mr. Wishart achieved three significant accomplishments by participating in

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the 2018 World Marathon Challenge. He became the first Rhode Islander and one of only 106

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men and women to complete this race, and while doing so, he raised money for three local

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charities: the Rhode Island Community Food Bank, the March of Dimes, and the Rhode Island

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Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA); now, therefore be it

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     RESOLVED, That this Senate of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations

 

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hereby congratulates Nick Wishart on becoming the first Rhode Islander to complete the World

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Marathon Challenge and wishes him continued success in all his future endeavors; and be it

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further

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     RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State be and hereby is authorized and directed to

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transmit a duly certified copy of this resolution to Mr. Nick Wishart.

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