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A Barefoot Standout at Tomorrow's Turkey Trot
Man running barefoot across America to participate in annual Cleveland footrace.
He has long scraggly hair and a full beard. He will be wearing a glinting gold helmet modeled after "The Flash" comic book character. And oh yeah, he's barefoot. Who is this man?
He is Tellman Knudson, and he's raising $100,000,000 by running across America barefoot.
It's all part of his RunTellmanRun project. He departed New York City on Sept. 9 and is currently 540 miles into his route to the Santa Monica pier in Los Angeles. His mission is to raise $100,000,000 for homeless youth in America. To date he has raised nearly $270,000.
Knudson's run is currently halted near Marietta, Ohio. Due to a deep-impact heel contusion, he has been under doctor's orders to rest his feet the past two weeks. The Turkey Trot race will mark his return to the road.
"I'm jazzed to get back out on the road. After sitting around and letting my heel recuperate, this Turkey Trot is going to be a blast!" said Knudson after a press conference at the Bellefaire JCB Center yesterday.
Knudson will be joined by his wife, Jodi, and son, Torger, on the run, which starts and ends at the Cleveland Convention Center. All will be wearing bright red RunTellmanRun tee shirts.
RunTellmanRun's PR manager, Melissa Burdick, will be running alongside as well.
All media interested in interviewing or photographing Knudson should contact Burdick on her cell phone before, during or after the run at 440-454-5147.
Tax-deductible donations can be made at http://www.runtellmanrun.com/. All proceeds go directly to the non-profit Tellman.org.
About RunTellmanRun:
Tellman Knudson seeks to be the first person to run across America barefoot. He began his 3,200-mile journey in Battery Park, New York on September 9 and heads west, running the equivalent of one marathon a day. He will finish on the pier in Santa Monica, California. RunTellmanRun has set a goal of raising $100,000,000.00 to aid homeless youth in America. http://www.runtellmanrun.com/.
About Tellman Knudson:
Tellman Knudson, 32, is a serial entrepreneur who has had great success in internet marketing. He overcame femoral antiversion, a debilitating leg condition, to compete on his high school cross country running team, setting several school records and competing for the New Hampshire state championship. Tellman learned to leverage his ADHD, a condition that hinders many, to his creative and financial benefit. Tellman resides in Vermont with his wife and long-time partner, Jodi Meehan, and toddler son, Torger.
About Coalition on Homelessness and Housing in Ohio:
COHHIO is a statewide advocacy group and service providers network dedicated to ending homelessness and ensuring that all Ohioans have decent, safe, fair, affordable housing, especially those with low-income and special needs. http://www.cohhio.org/
About Youth Empowerment Program:
YEP is a statewide youth-led organization that advocates for the cross-sytems needs of homeless and transitional youth (age 11 - 24). YEP provides opportunities for youth to become leaders in the community and address issues that affect them through: leadership, education, advocacy, awareness, and community service. YEP supports youth-identified best practices on a local, state, and national level. Our youth include: homeless youth, street youth, trafficked youth, college youth, youth in mental health systems, and youth aging out of foster care. http://www.cohhio.org/programs_yep.php
About Covenant House:
Covenant House is a major beneficiary of RunTellmanRun. Founded in 1972, Covenant House is the largest privately funded agency in the Americas helping homeless kids, providing crisis care and ongoing support at 21 facilities internationally. For more information, visit http://www.covenanthouse.org/, or visit http://www.nineline.org/ or call the Covenant House NINELINE (1-800-999-9999).
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CONTACT:
Luke Q. Stafford, PR Guy
802-275-2749
luke@runtellmanrun.com
Knuson running through the Wayne National Forest on Ohio Rte. 800 in early November.
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