Why a Rising Ultra-Marathoner Runs — to Fight for Young Catholic Men and Authentic Brotherhood

 Johnny Kuplack has embarked on a 100-day run to Auriesville, New York, where his 3,500-mile jog will end at the National Shrine of the North American Martyrs, which was just designated a national shrine by the U.S. bishops.

Catholic distance runner Johnny Kuplack is currently running toward Auriesville, New York.

Jeremy BeerFeaturesFebruary 6, 2025

Johnny Kuplack puts down his cappuccino and springs up to greet me. He has the stereotypically lithe, compact body of a distance runner. I learn that, after our meeting, while I grind through a 25-minute workout, Kuplack will do a quick 5-kilometer run up and down Phoenix’s Camelback Mountain. Then do it again.

For Kuplack, that’s a light morning, a way to stay loose as he prepares for the main event. In a few days, he’ll run 35 miles, or thereabouts. He’ll do the same the next day, and the next — for 100 consecutive days. Starting on Jan. 18 at Dana Point, California, he began a run to Auriesville, New York, where his 3,500-mile jog will end at the National Shrine of the North American Martyrs, which was just designated a national shrine by the U.S. bishops.

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