GUINNESS WORLD RECORD HOLDER....... ULTRA-LONG DISTANCE RUNNER...... 78-YEAR-OLD...... STEVE COTTRELL IS RUNNING FROM LOS ANGELES TO WASHINGTON D-C. IT'S THE "AMAZING FRIENDSHIP RUN"... WHICH RAISES MONEY FOR SEVERAL CHARITIES.
STEVE COTTRELL IS IN DENVER AND JOINING US LIVE IN-STUDIO.
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--Cottrell set a Guinness World Record for running across the United States in just 48 days. He has run across Europe in 80 days and ran 2,152 miles in 53 days across China where foreigners had never been permitted. He has run through 40 different countries and accumulated more than 266,000 miles of running in his 63-year career. That distance is more than 10 times around the earth.
-- Cottrell turned 78 on May 7 which was also the start of this run.
--The Amazing Friendship Run is fundraising for multiple charities including Friendship Sports Association, Go Vets Foundation, Larger than Life, WLOC Clothes for Kids Inc.,Feed the Children, Hope for Families, Multiple Sclerosis Foundationand TongueOut.
--Individuals and groups are encouraged to join Cottrell along the way and run with him or do it virtually. Free COVID-19 testing will be provided to all individuals who register to run with Stan through 360AZDoc.
-- NEXT STOPS: Topeka, KS and Lawrence, KS then on to Missouri.