A federal contractor, D.C. runner and content creator has been racking up the miles and documenting the shutdown, which has now become the longest in U.S. history as it entered its 36th day on Tuesday.

Running long distances is normal for Rob Perez . He has run countless races, including ultramarathons and 300-mile races. But he didn’t know he would be running this much when he set off on his challenge to add a mile to his run for each day the shutdown continued.

Day 1 was an easy 1-miler, day 26 was nearly a marathon.

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Not only did he add the mileage, but the running content creator also gave brief civic lessons during those runs and posted them to social media, going viral in D.C.

“Running one mile for every day th

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