Post-Challenge Week #3 Update – Media Coverage & $1500 Raised

February 24th, 2010 • Related • Filed Under

Over the past 2 weeks, I’ve run the last hundred or so miles that I needed to reach 500 on the year. It took an extra 23 days over my initial goal, and in total I’ve run for over 3 days and 6 hours so far this year.

Last week I took a day off from work and headed up to Camp Sunshine, where Ashley was kind enough to show us around. They have a great facility, and I’m glad that I chose to raise money for them this year. I also took the opportunity to drop off the $270 in cash and checks that I’d collected.

Speaking of which, I’ve raised $1500 through the 1 More Mile for Sunshine challenge, enough money to pay for a family to stay at the camp for a week! I got a donation from Jeanne Moore and made up the difference myself to reach the $1500.

There were quite a few news articles and media stories of the challenge; it was mentioned on at least one local news station and at least 2 radio stations in the area, plus was distributed through the associated press to papers around the country.

This is a list of a few links that I was able to find to online versions of a few of the articles:

Here are the past 2 weeks’ numbers:

Miles Run: 116.1 Miles The Past 2 Weeks (502.4 Miles This Year)
Duration: 18:30:01 The Past 2 Week2 (3 Days 6 Hours 26 Minutes 58 Seconds This Year)
Net Weight Change: -1 Pound (-½ Pounds Total)
Money Raised: $374 Raised This Period ($1500 Total)

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