Devon McLaughlin, a lifelong New Milford resident with a passion for adventure. He is gearing up for an incredible challenge in the summer of 2025—one that will push both his physical and mental limits to the extreme.

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Recently, Devon reached out to share his ambitious plan with us, and we had the chance to talk to him about the details of his epic journey. We caught up with McLaughlin during the Thursday (1/16/25) edition of the I-95 Morning Show, where he opened up about what’s driving him to run, and then run some more.

Lou: This is a human-interest story. You're doing a big run, you are challenging yourself in a far-off land. Can you tell us about that? 

Devon: "Yeah so this summer I'll be shipping up to the top of Alaska with a couple of buddies and I'm going to be running my way back down to the bottom, from Deadhorse to Anchorage. It's going to be an 860-mile run, and we're going to aim to do 50-miles a day." 

Lou: Are you doing this for a charity?

Devon: "Yeah, I'll be teaming up with the MS Society once we get closer to the race. I've already been discussing it with them. That is one that hits home so I'm really going to try and push that and get them as big as a check as we can, come game time. I'm looking forward to that as well." 

Lou: Forgive me, what is it that you do for a living that you can kind of just takeoff and do this project?

Devon: "I work in Brookfield for Tucker & Sons, we build docks on the lake. Luckily, I've got a boss that liked to travel back in the day and I threw this idea at him, you know its kind of something that I've got to do so it wasn't really a question, luckily he thought it was cool. So, he's letting me take the extra time off that it's going to take to do this which I'm beyond grateful for."

You can listen to our full interview with Devon below.

Be sure to check him out at @devontmclaughlin on Instagram or dormant running.com to learn more. For those interested in supporting Devon’s run head to gofundme.com/alaskarun.

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