Today
100 Mile for Hope
Nov 2, 2019
Montauk, NY, USA
Nov 3, 2019
Plainview, NY, USA
Watching his grandmother sliding away was devastating for Jay Asparro and his family.Jay ran to pray, to think, to clear his mind, and to find his own unique way of helping.Then he made the commitment to help families who have a loved one suffering from Alzheimer’s. November 2016 Jay ran 30 miles a day for 3 days, totaling 90 miles to raise awareness for Alzheimer’s. Every mile he contributed to another family and he raised $38,000 for the Long Island Alzheimers Foundation. It was just the beginning. In November 2017 he ran 75 miles over 2 days to commemorate what...
Running the Sahara
Nov 2, 2006
St. Louis, Senegal
Feb 20, 2007
Cairo, Egypt
In 2007 three men ran 72 kilometers a day across the Sahara for 111 consecutive days. “When I decided to run across the Sahara Desert with Ray Zahab and Kevin Lin, I knew it would be a life changing expedition. But I could never have known that, in many ways, my life would be defined by this run and the film about the journey,” says expedition leader Charlie Engle. While running more than 4,500 miles across Africa was a difficult physical challenge, we were buoyed daily by enlightening encounters that opened our eyes to the people and the culture of...


