Running For Athletes to Raise $100K for Vancouver 2010
First Challenge: Relay from Montreal to New York in 72 hours, Canadian Thanksgiving.
To whom it may concern,
This year a group of us has decided to run. None of us are really runners, but we are believers. And we believe we can run … from Montreal to New York that is!
The Montreal to New York run is a challenge that our team of 10 people have undertaken, each of us running 10K, 6 times in 72 hours. The catch is that we must run non-stop; that is, a member of the team must be running at all times.
The team has hired a coaching company, Esprit de Corps (http://www.espritdecorps.biz/) in Montreal, who will train us, prepares us and accompany us on the run on Thanksgiving weekend.
This is not a regular organized event. There are no other teams to compete against and what we are trying to achieve has not been done before. However there is an agenda, a mandate, a duty if you may, that we feel we have as Canadians as we approach Vancouver 2010 Olympics.
In true Canadian culture and spirit we wanted to give back and do good for others, and what better cause than supporting our athletes, many who struggle financially to make it to Olympics and seek the dream. As a result we have dedicated our challenge and efforts to raise money for Canadian Athletes Now Fund (www.canadianathletesnow.ca), a registered charity that puts money directly in the hands of qualified athletes to support training, coaching, transportation, living expenses, equipment, etc. in addition to raise awareness of the dire situation of our Canadian athletes; the stories of those who return from the Olympics with mountain of debt, those with lines of credit to purchase a bobsled, those sleeping six to a room, are endless. It is simple and it is sincere.
This relay is our challenge to conquer, our chance for gold and our dream to raise $100,000 for our Canadian athletes. We want to live our Canadian athletes’ experience. We want the experience of working while trying to train. We want the experience of working with professional coaches. And, most of all, we want to inspire. Inspire people to get fit. Inspire people to give. Inspire people to be the best they can be.
Sincerely,
Believers
If you are interested in our story, would like to capture our journey, or would like to be a part of it all, please contact Sara Kesheh at 416.816.1156 or sara.kesheh@merit.ca