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Life & fun · June 24, 2019

Run, Forrest! Run!

Tweet #runforrestrun to make Forrest Gump run another mile.

Run, Forrest! Run! launched on June 24, 2019 with 113 votes, #230 of 2,757 launches that month and more than 90% of that year's launches.

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What it does

Every tweet containing #runforrestrun moves Forrest 1 mile along his 13,089 mile zig-zag route, from Alabama to Utah. Last time, he ran for 3 years, 2 months, 14 days, and 16 hours. How long will it take Forrest (and the internet) to do it again?

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