Ed "The Jester" Ettinghausen is a 62-year-old man that ran his first ultra at 46 years old.  He had run some marathons and decided to try an ultra.  His first ultra happened to be a 24 hour race and well, you guessed it, he made 100+ miles on his first try.  Now he didn't immediately set out to run 100's every weekend, but has evolved into 280 finished races of 100 miles or more. He's done 41 this year so far with 2 more planned this coming weekend.  

When I first heard of Ed, I thought he probably had a big ego with the Jester schtick and all, but I was dead wrong.  Ed is one of the more humble and supportive humans that you will meet at a race.  He makes it his mission to search out those that are hurting and to help them endure.  I watched it in action recently and I was super inspired.  I hope you enjoy his story as much as me.

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