Elizabethtown Police Department Officer Kelly Tipple, a School Resource OPfficer for Elizabethtown Independent School District , is embarking on a unique 348-mile running event across the south, where the starting point is only revealed to the participants hours before the event. Kentucky’s Heartland will cover Officer Tipple’s daily journey over the next 10 1/2 days. Here is an interview with Tipple explaining the what, how, and why.