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Running

Entrepreneur Running Barefoot Across the U.S.

And I thought Eddie Izzard’s recent run around the U.K. was crazy! Now comes a story out of Altoona that Tellman Knudson, an entrepreneur and Internet marketer, is running barefoot across the U.S. The New York to California jaunt is an effort to raise $100 million for homeless youth.
During Knudson’s stop in [...]

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No Kidding! Comedian Eddie Izzard Completes Charity Run Around United Kingdom

Is anybody up for a nice brisk run around the United Kingdom? The entire U.K.? Officials at U.K.-based charity Sport Relief initially thought such an idea was crazy, but comedian Eddie Izzard wasn’t joking. I can almost hear the more serious tone of Izzard affirming his plan, “I said 1100 miles. I [...]

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News Bytes: Catching Up On the Week’s Stories

College champ Tim Tebow is at the top of this week’s news bytes. Tebow got a little clarification from the NCAA this week. The ‘07 Heisman winner gets to continue his evangelism efforts, which is good, because apparently it’s the main reason he’s returning to the Gators next season. After the jump, we’ve [...]

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News & Notes: Run for a Reason at Houston Marathon; Saints’ Winter Charity Game

Run for a Reason: In Houston, Roberta MacInnis profiled this Sunday’s Chevron Houston Marathon’s Run for a Reason charity program. MacInnis: “You don’t have to organize your own fundraising effort; you can simply contribute to one of the more than 40 sponsored organizations, either on your own by giving to a running buddy who’s [...]

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Top Canadian Runners Taking Mount Royal With Others for Charity

The Montreal Gazette reports that some of Canada’s top runners are running up Mount Royal today, and “you can run alongside some of those icons … and raise money” for the Sun Youth Organization. The event “is being billed as” the Legends of Our Sport. Participants “can walk 2.5 kilometres or run [...]

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