Run the World Challenge - coming to Dominican Republic

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I am contacting you on behalf of Dan Thompson who will be running 10km in Santo Domingo on Thursday 16 November 2017 as part of his Run the World challenge.

Run the World is an extraordinary challenge that has been has been created by Dan, a British business man and sports enthusiast who has undertaken to run 10km in every country in the world - a total of 206 countries - by the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Dan is doing the challenge to promote the physical and mental health benefits of sport and physical activity all over the world, and to raise money for cancer research following the recent death of his mother from cancer. (Please see the press release below for further information about Dan’s upcoming trip to Miami and the north Caribbean.)

Dan has already run in 126 different countries and has previously run with elite international athletes, British embassy staff, local running clubs and, briefly in Oman, a herd of camels.
 

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PRESS RELEASE

Dan Thompson will be completing six 10km runs in Miami and the northern Caribbean in November 2017 as part of his Run the World Challenge. Dan has previously run in 126 countries in Africa, South-East Asia, North, Central & South America, Europe, South Asia, the Caribbean, the Pacific and the Middle East.

Run the World is an extraordinary challenge that has been created by Dan, a British businessman and sports enthusiast, who has undertaken to run 10km in every country in the world - a total of 206 countries - by the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo. Dan is doing the challenge to promote the physical and mental health benefits of sport and physical activity, and to raise money for cancer research following the recent death of his mother from cancer.

Dan will be running in :
• Miami (USA) – Monday 13 November
• Frederiksted (St. Croix, US Virgin Islands) – Tuesday 14 November
• San Juan (Puerto Rico) – Wednesday 15 November
• Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic) – Thursday 16 November
• Port Au Prince (Haiti) – Friday 17 November
• Hamilton (Bermuda) – Sunday 19 November

Dan commented, “As we are all aware, this is the region that suffered enormously from hurricanes Irma and Maria and I thought long and hard about whether it was appropriate to travel there in November. In the end I came to the conclusion that tourism is an important part of the local economies and that visiting, and helping to show that the countries in question are open for business, is one of the best ways I could contribute. I hope that’s the right decision.

Certainly, I’m very much looking forward to running in Miami and the north Caribbean and I hope that as many people as possible will join me on the runs. I’d like to stress that everyone is welcome to take part - irrespective of their level of fitness or running speed. Participants are also welcome to run part of the way, join in on a bike or just come along and support the runners!”

Jenny Flack, Senior Local Fundraising Manager for Cancer Research UK said; “We are thrilled that Dan has chosen to take on such an incredible challenge to raise funds to support our research. We fund research into over 200 different types of cancer and without the dedication and generosity of supporters like Dan, we wouldn’t be able to see the incredible progress we have been able to make.”

If you would like to support Dan’s challenge, then please visit www.justgiving.com/Dan-Thompson11.

Please contact Denise Williams at denise@denisewilliams-vpa.com on for more information on the runs.
 

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Run Information: Meeting point will be Puerta El Conde 4 PM Thursday 16th November. The run will be along the Av Independencia returning along the seafront (Malecon) finishing in the Parque Colon next to the Cathedral. If you do not wish run then please come along to give Dan support anywhere along the way or at the finish. Please contact 829 341 1323 or email mokelly@hotmail.com
forlocal information
 

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Dan’s Biog

After a career in media (music, video games, internet), Dan founded Gold Challenge. Gold Challenge launched in late 2010 and ran two Olympic and Paralympic inspired challenges in the run up to London 2012. Gold Challenge partnered with the British Olympic Association/Team GB, Paralympics GB and Sport England and was part of the official London 2012 mass participation legacy programme. Gold Challenge also worked closely with LOCOG and hosted one of the pre-Games test events in the Olympic Stadium.

The challenges were highly successful with over 105,000 participants. More than 200 schools and 100 corporates took part including large employers such as GlaxoSmithKline, Atos, EDF, Cisco, John Lewis and Coca Cola. In excess of £1.5 million was raised for Gold Challenge’s 150 charity partners who included household names such as Cancer Research UK, Oxfam, the NSPCC and Help for Heroes.

In early 2013, Gold Challenge launched the Take12 Challenge, a healthy living challenge funded by the London Legacy Development Corporation (the body responsible for the Olympic Park post the Games). Take12 aimed to inspire people in the Olympic host boroughs of Hackney, Newham, Greenwich, Tower Hamlets, Waltham Forest and Barking & Dagenham to be more active. Focussed on in-actives, families and young people, over 15,000 people signed up for Take12. The follow-up programme - ‘Take 12 in the Park’ – has recently launched to encourage people across London to take part in sport and physical activity in the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.

Gold Challenge also ran the 2014 Challenge - a free challenge that celebrated the 2014 Commonwealth Games and aimed to motivate people across the world to be more active, raise money for charity and become healthier and fitter.

Gold Challenge recently announced ‘Million Miles Together’ – a healthy living, physical activity and community building programme that launched in the London Borough of Newham in October 2016. Over 660 000 miles of activity have already been logged in Newham.

In addition to the above, Gold Challenge creates and runs bespoke physical activity, healthy living and fund raising challenges for corporates, public sector employers and charities. Over 160 000 people have taken part in these challenges.


About Cancer Research UK:

The world’s leading cancer charity dedicated to saving lives through research, Cancer Research UK’s groundbreaking work into the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of cancer has helped save millions of lives. This work is funded entirely by the public.

The charity supports research into all aspects of cancer through the work of over 4,000 scientists, doctors and nurses.

Cancer Research UK is a world leader in discovering new cancer drugs. Through our research, we’ve contributed to the discovery or clinical trials of nearly 50 drugs now being developed. Our scientists and doctors have contributed to many of the world’s top cancer drugs including temozolomide, anastrozole and Herceptin.

Together with its partners and supporters, Cancer Research UK's vision is to beat cancer.

For further information about Cancer Research UK's work or to find out how to support the charity, please call 0300 123 1861 or visit www.cancerresearchuk.org
 

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Run the World Challenge Event Update

As you might have heard Dan Thompson from the UK is running 10km in every country of the World for the Cancer Research Charity.  He will be coming to the DR this Thursday
RUN INFORMATION
DATE : Thursday 16 November
HOUR: 4 PM
START MEETING PLACE: Puerta del Conde (Parque Independencia)

RUN WILL BE ALONG AV INDEPENDENCIA TO CENTO LOS HEROES THAN BACK ALONG SEAFRONT MALECON TO THE ZONA  COLONIAL PARKE COLON (park next to the cathedral)

TRY AND MAKE IT EVEN IF ITS JUST TO WELCOME HIM ON THE FINISH LINE around 5.30 pm

FOR MORE INFO CALL 829 341 1343