Mission America

Goodwin Generated

Mission
accomplished

50 marathons. 50 states. One world record.

William Goodge made history. Goodwin made the mission possible.

22:17:16:34 World-record time
50 Marathons
50 States
1,310 Miles
22 days 17 hours, 16 minutes, 34 seconds

World record confirmed · November 1, 2026

William Goodge running at night during the Mission America Rhode Island stage
Honolulu, Hawaii · October 9, 2026 New York City, New York · November 1, 2026

The mission
The journey
The record

From Honolulu, Hawaii, to the New York City finish, William Goodge covered a marathon-distance course in every U.S. state and set a new world record. The route compressed fifty starts, recovery windows, and constant travel into a single continuous operation.

The numbers tell one part of the story. The lasting account is about the athlete, the crew, the people who joined along the way, and the reason William kept moving.

World record confirmed

William Goodge achieved the Guinness World Records title for the fastest time to run a marathon distance in all 50 U.S. states: 22 days, 17 hours, 16 minutes and 34 seconds.

Official verification Guinness World Records Announced November 6, 2026 · Read the story →

The person
inside the miles

William began running after losing his mother, Amanda, to non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma in 2018. The miles became a way to carry her memory and support people affected by cancer.

Before Mission America, he ran 2,361 miles across Australia in just over 35 days and 3,011 miles from Los Angeles to New York in 55 days. Every project has been both a fundraiser and a tribute.

William Goodge running beside a marina during the Mission America Delaware stage
Private aircraft on the ramp at dusk

Impossible
is just a
logistics
problem

An athlete can run 1,310 miles. Getting him to fifty starting lines across Hawaii, Alaska, the mainland, and New York was a different endurance event entirely.

Goodwin coordinated private aviation, commercial airlines, RV transfers, route sequencing, timing, recovery windows, and real‑time operational intelligence to keep the mission moving.

50
Start lines coordinated
24/7
Operational awareness
1
Connected mission

The first chapter
is complete

Mission America opened the Goodwin Endurance Series: ambitious human challenges made possible by exacting technology, logistics, and the people prepared to solve what comes next.

The idea grew from Goodwin’s founder running with William and recognizing that airplanes could become “time machines” - turning an audacious endurance plan into a coordinated national mission.

William Goodge and the Mission America team beneath the Goodwin billboard in Times Square