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UNSTOPPABLE!
Barefoot Philanthropist Tellman Knudson rallies forces, refuses surrender against all odds
After logging 654 miles and 4 months on the road, barefoot charity runner Tellman Knudson announced today that he is pausing his voyage across America. An exhausted budget and a persistent heel injury forced him to return to his home in Vermont, where he will spend the coming weeks raising funds to continue the run and give his heel time to recover.
Knudson spent over $500,000 since the start of his barefoot run in New York City on September 9, 2009, all of which came from his own bank account. A deep heel bruise halted the run for 2 weeks in mid-November in southeast Ohio. When he began running again after Thanksgiving, he was advised by a local doctor to scale down his mileage from a marathon per day to 3 miles per day.
In a video released on YouTube today, Knudson said, "My heel injury has resurfaced and I'm not happy about that. But I am not giving up. I am not going to stop."
Knudson said that it is absolutely critical that the run is eventually completed and that his fund raising goal of $100,000,000.00 to help homeless youth in America is met.
Knudson has "regrouped" his RunTellmanRun support team and focused their efforts on raising money to continue the run. When a sufficient amount is raised, he will resume the run where it left off in western West Virginia.
Knudson urged supporters to go to http://www.runtellmanrun.com/donate to aid his homeless youth charity and hasten his return to the road.
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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