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Dear everybody,
I am so sorry that it has been such a while since mums last update. It has been a combination of my first year exams/ revision.. im sure youll be happy to know that there were minimal tears… plus end of exams celebrations — I’m sure you’ll be happy to know there were no tears and lots of laughs… Also mum has found it difficult to find wifi in order to email me. But she managed to yesterday so i thought i would forward on her email. (more…)

The Back on My Feet 20in24 Relay Challenge, Ultra Marathon and Midnight Madness Run Presented by Nike

July 19-20, 2008 - Philadelphia

Back on My Feet

Back on My Feet, a nonprofit organization that uses running as a vehicle to promote the self-sufficiency within Philadelphia’s homeless population, is proud to announce the inaugural 20in24 Relay Challenge, Ultra-Marathon and Midnight Madness Run presented by Nike

Because of the wonderful support of our sponsors and partners, 100 percent of the profits from the 20in24 go directly to support Back on My Feet.

More details on the 20 in 24 website

Greensboro runner aims to inspire in 3,200-mile run
By Dioni L. Wise Staff Writer Friday, May. 30, 2008 3:00 am

GREENSBORO — Forrest Gump ran across the United States twice in more than three years.

Distance runner extraordinaire Charlie Engle soon will attempt a one-way trip in 45 consecutive days. And not because he “just felt like running.”
The Greensboro resident will join Idaho runner Marshall Ulrich to raise awareness of children’s health and wellness issues in the Running America campaign, beginning Aug. 9 in San Francisco and tentatively ending Sept. 21 in New York. The course will cover about 3,200 miles. (more…)

Posted on the Ultralist:
Date: Thu, 29 May 2008 09:58:43 -0400
From: Daniel Fox
Subject: Ohio run report - long

Cody’s Run (Rita & Dan’s Trek Across Ohio)

Summary

256 total miles
May 11 through May 17, 2008
Cities we stopped in overnight: (more…)

Posted on Design News: Beth Stackpole, Contributing Editor — Design News, May 29, 2008

Paris-to-Beijing Run to Spawn Bio-Realistic 3-D Foot Model
Virtual-reality professor takes off on a 6,000-mile ultra-marathon to help create a bio-realistic 3-D model of a human foot

What do marathon running and 3-D virtual-reality technology have in common? Up until now, not much. But Philippe Fuchs, a professor and virtual-reality researcher, is teaming up with Dassault Systèmes to converge the two worlds as he runs from Paris to Beijing as part of a project to create a bio-realistic 3-D model of a human foot. (more…)