A man from Pasadena, California is raising money for addiction treatment by running. And running. The "Run for Recovery" will take Robin McGeough, 46, about 225 miles in ten days along the scenic Pacific coast.
McGeough is a recovering alcoholic. Nineteen years ago, while drunk, McGeough was mugged in San Francisco and thrown out a window. The fall shattered both his feet.
"That’s when I bottomed out," McGeough said. "My mother had to spoon-feed me during recovery, and doctors told me I’d probably never walk normally again, and that I’d have to use a cane. This is the miracle. Today I’m running. It’s a gift, and I want to give back to others."
McGeough is now the program director for the 12-bed Charter Oak Recovery Center, a residential treatment center in Covina, California.
"I got involved in running to develop calm and spiritual healing, and I worked my way up to where I could do marathon runs. It got me to thinking, how can I do something extra to help?"
Last year, McGeough did his first fundraising run and raising $4,800 for local addiction treatment programs.
This run is the equivalent of one marathon a day for 10 days.
McGeough said he likes stopping and talking with people about the importance of addiction treatment.
