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A Crazy Idea – James Murray and the 100 Mile Run around Grand Cayman in aid of CI Diabetes.
How about this for a crazy idea? Running 100 miles around the beautiful island of Grand Cayman to raise much needed funds for the Cayman Islands Diabetes Association. Sounds pretty crazy, huh? Well, this ambitious athletic endeavor is exactly what James Murray is aiming to do on November 26th, 2011. James has been planning the [...]
2011 Boston Marathon Charity Race Entries Available
Received the following in my inbox earlier today. Just thought I’d post in case any of my readers are interested: I manage a charity marathon team (from the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary) that will participate in this April’s Boston Marathon. There are still a few spots left on our 50-member team. It’s for a [...]
First Ever “Feed the Turkey” Virtual Turkey Trot
The folks over at dailymile have put together the first ever Feed the Turkey Virtual Turkey Trot – a great way to burn a few pre-feast calories, but more importantly raise funds for St Jude Children’s Research Hospital. According to their web site, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital strives to advance cures, and means of [...]
1 More Mile for Sunshine
Quick shout out to Blaine Moore of the informative Run to Win web site, who is currently on Day 25 of his 1 More Mile for Sunshine Challenge. Blaine’s goal is to raise money for Camp Sunshine by running at least 500 miles throughout the month of January. The challenge started on January 1st with [...]
Four Million Steps: Tommy’s At It Again…
Just a few shorts weeks ago, Tommy Neeson was forced to postpone his epic Four Million Steps charity run from Bangor, Maine to Miami, Florida with a pretty nasty calf injury and swollen leg symptoms. The past few days, however, Tommy has been out and about, testing his injured calf and assessing whether he can [...]
Four Million Steps: 33 Miles With Tommy Not Going To Happen….today
Received an email from Tommy on Friday evening – subject “Day 31 – What’s Up Doc?” – ouch, doesn’t sound good I thought. To cut a long story short, I won’t be running with Tommy from Newport News to Norfolk, VA tomorrow morning…..or any time soon by the looks of things. Here’s an excerpt from [...]
