Lisa Smith-Batchen Finishes Her 2500 Mile Run for Orphans
Posted by David Hanenburg on 22 Jun 2010 at 3:49 pm | Tagged as: trail running or ultrarunning
On Saturday June 19th in Driggs, Idaho, Lisa Smith-Batchen successfully completed her challenge to run 50 miles, in 50 states, across 62 days! How does running approximately 1250 miles per month sound? My brain isn’t able to truly understand that number and nobody probably can besides Lisa herself…and that may even take some time.
Lisa, Sister Mary Beth, and the Running Hope Through America team rolled through the TALON region during the middle of May. My entire family had the pleasure of participating in the Texas RHTA run. You couldn’t help but be inspired after that day.
(The Texas crew after the 50 mile adventure)
Some news is coming out on the RHTA Facebook page (from a third party source) that Lisa had been running on a broken left foot since Texas. Texas was only near the halfway point of this journey. Tough, Tough, Tough!
If interested in reading some of Lisa and her team’s experience, check out:
Why did Lisa do such a challenge? The whole purpose of the Running Hope Through America project was to raise awareness and funds for orphaned children in the U.S. and around the world. The goal was to raise $1,000,000 with 100% of the donations distributed to the designated charities. Amazingly, in many places around the world $.06 feeds a child.
I don’t think Lisa has reached her fundraising goal yet. If you have interest in supporting Lisa’s goal, check out the right sidebar of the Running Hope Through America website to begin the simple donation process.
Now Lisa, Sister Mary Beth, and team – Get some rest, you deserve it.
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