Welcome to the Royal Caribbean Blog podcast, a weekly look into the world of Royal Caribbean cruising.

I'm your host Matt Hodgeberg, and this is episode number 171.

We all take Royal Caribbean cruise vacations for different reasons.

Perhaps it's just to get away on a weekend cruise or visit a new exotic port or checking out the new exciting features of a particular cruise ship.

But I'm guessing few, if any,

guests have booked Royal Caribbean cruises for the reason that this week's guest has.

Joe Church has run a full marathon on 25 out of 27 Royal Caribbean ships. Yes, he has run 26.2 miles

on 25 Royal Caribbean ships. And this week, we get to hear Joe's story firsthand on why he's doing this, his tips for

anyone looking to run on board a ship, and when he'll get closer to getting in those last

two ships.

Not only is this an interesting look at how people cruise, but it's an inspirational

story in Joe's journey in and of itself.

Here we go.

I try to cover as much of the Royal Caribbean cruise experience as I can on this podcast

with looks at how everyone cruises and share those stories here.

We all choose to take a Royal Caribbean cruise for different reasons, but this week's episode

is a little different because the guests I have on board is going on

Royal Caribbean Cruises for a reason you might not have heard about yet.

Joe Church seems like your typical Royal Caribbean cruiser, in fact, but if you can believe

it, he has done an unofficial marathon race on 25 out of 27 ships in Royal Caribbean's fleet,

and I had to talk to him about this impressive accomplishment.

Joe, welcome to the podcast.

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