Support Bob Ewing in his D.C. Barefoot Marine Corp Marathon Run

By Justin Owings on Oct 25, 2010 | In general | 3 comments »

Bob Ewing is once again running the Marine Corps Marathon this year, but unlike his previous MCM last year which he ran in Five Fingers and raised money for St. Judes, this year's marathon is being run in honor of Bob's mother, who is fighting cancer, and Bob's goal is two fold:

Raise $5,000 for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.
Encourage people to join the bone marrow registry.

As part of Bob's efforts, he tapped Chris McDougall, Dan Lieberman, Jason Robillard, Barefoot Ted, and others to help him create a video about his mission. Check it out after the jump!

If you want to donate some Korima to support Bob's barefoot run, there are two great ways to do it:

The most direct: donate via Bob's fundraising page over at the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society — OR —
Make me work: Buy a BirthdayShoes T-Shirt TODAY October 25, 2010. For every t-shirt bought TODAY, we will donate $5 of every T-Shirt purchase made today to Bob's fundraising goals.

If you want to grab one of the styling BirthdayShoes Tees, go here and place your order (The all-in cost on a T-shirt is $20 for most all sizes) and we'll tally up the results tomorrow and make a donation to support Bob's fundraisin' goals!

For Bob's dedicated site about his barefoot run, go to DCBarefootRun.com. For more of Bob's adventures, check these posts out:

About the Author — I founded BirthdayShoes.com in April 2009 on realizing just how much I enjoyed having "free feet" - I mostly wanted to use them for weights, sprints, and plyometrics (I'm not much of a runner!). I'm a Googler by day and minimalist footwear aficionado by night; you can find me 'round Atlanta. If you want to catch up with what I'm doing outside of the site here, follow me on twitter @bdayshoes or @justinno or check out my personal site JustinOwings.com.
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