Ann Asparro Run 2024 - Jay Asparro
Since November 2016, Jay Asparro has set and achieved audacious running goals every year, to raise awareness and donations for caregivers. Watching his grandmother sliding away was devastating for Jay...
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Running from home to the Marsden 10 times to celebrate 10 years with T4 cancer - Kevin Webber
Nov 5, 2024
Epsom, UK
Nov 6, 2024
Epsom, UK
On the 6th November 2014 I was told that I have T4 advanced prostate cancer and may only live 2 years, 3 or 4 if I was lucky. Here I am 10 years on, way past my use by date, having run over 16,000 miles in places like the Sahara, the Arctic, Cambodia, Jordan, Iceland etc etc always fundraising and maybe inspiring? To celebrate my 10 year cancerversarie I will be attempting to run/walk from my home in Epsom, Surrey, UK, to the Royal Marsden Hospital and back 10 times in under 24 hours totaling about 80 miles. That’s one...
The Lung Run
Nov 6, 2022
Nov 6, 2022
The Lung run is a virtual running event to raise awareness about the deadly air pollution caused by coal power plants. We are running 20.30 kilometres to support the science-backed need for a coal phase-out by 2030. The Lung run will coincide with the 2021 UN Climate Conference in Glasgow (COP 26) to tell decision-makers that we are sick of inaction. We must phase out coal use by 2030 to avert climate emergency and to ensure breathable air for future generations. Why to join?Since 2016, we have been collecting data to prove that coal-related air pollution impacts people’s health. From 2018 the Western...
Ann Asparro Run 2016
Nov 4, 2016
Montauk, NY, USA
Nov 6, 2016
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. To add his faith to the cause, Jay ran from the church in St. Therese of Lisieux in Montauk where he used to spend his Summers, to his Parish St. Pius X in Plainview.Every mile he...
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