Eurocross for a Cause - Ralph Mesquita
In Summer 2017 25-year old Belgian-Brazilian ultrarunner Ralph Mesquite ran across Europe to raise awareness about the health problems associated with obesity worldwide and to...
2017
Today
Unsupported Nüümü Poyo (John Muir Trail) - Abby Hall
Sep 1, 2020
Whitney Portal, CA, USA
Sep 5, 2020
Happy Isles, CA, USA
In 2020 Abby Hall went back to the Sierra Nevada mountain range of California to finish what she started in 2016. In her second attempt she succeeded to complete 223 miles of solo, unsupported travel passing through Yosemite, Kings Canyon and Sequoia National Parks! When she attempted the Nüümü Poyo northbound in 2016 she had to give up about 40 miles in, while ascending Glenn Pass, a notoriously difficult section of the trail. The trail she followed is known as the John Muir Trail, but originally it was called the Nüümü Poyo, or the People’s Trail. To acknowledge and honor...
Marathon of Hope - Terry Fox
Apr 12, 1980
St. John's, Canada
Sep 1, 1980
Thunderbay, Canada
Terry Fox was diagnosed with bone cancer and forced to have his leg amputated above the knee when he was just 18. Nevertheless Terry decided to run across Canada to raise money for cancer research. After 18 months of preparation, he started running close to a marathon a day. In 143 days Terry covered 3,339 miles, from St John’s, Newfoundland, Canada’s easternmost city on the shore of the Atlantic, through six provinces.No mean achievement for an able-bodied runner, an extraordinary feat for an amputee. Terry believed that he had won his fight against cancer, and he wanted to raise money...
