{"id":1578,"date":"2009-08-26T15:04:21","date_gmt":"2009-08-26T20:04:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.teamcrossworld.com\/running\/?p=1578"},"modified":"2009-08-26T15:04:21","modified_gmt":"2009-08-26T20:04:21","slug":"100-miles-5-days-1-goal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.teamcrossworld.com\/running\/2009\/100-miles-5-days-1-goal\/","title":{"rendered":"100 Miles, 5 Days, 1 Goal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Would you willing run 5 20 milers in a row?  That is what local runner Rob Donahue decided to do this week. \u00a0His purpose &#8211; to raise awareness about <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbbs.org\/site\/c.drLRK6PELoF\/b.1637475\/k.BEB8\/Home.htm\">Big Brothers and Big Sisters of the Greater Twin Cities<\/a>. \u00a0He has a more specific goal of inspiring 100 men to become &#8220;big brothers.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/100miles100mentors.wordpress.com\/\">100 Miles for 100 MENtors<\/a> is focused on getting men to be more active in their communities, specifically by being mentors with Big Brothers and Big Sisters. I can speak from experience that it is harder to find positive male role models for young boys and they often need it the most. \u00a0I won&#8217;t go into a long tangent, but the need for male role models is much greater than is currently being filled. \u00a0Many organizations offer opportunities for both men and women to get involved in the life of \u00a0a child. \u00a0Most of the time they are encouraging fun things like playing games, going to the park, or other experiential opportunities. \u00a0I would encourage you to look in your area for some type of youth mentoring program.<\/p>\n<p>Another great organization in the Twin Cities is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bolderoptions.org\/\">Bolder Options<\/a>. \u00a0They specifically use running and biking as the foundation of the mentoring relationship.<\/p>\n<p>Back to Rob and his challenge. \u00a0You can follow his journey at the <a href=\"http:\/\/100miles100mentors.wordpress.com\/\">100 miles for 100 MENtors blog<\/a>. \u00a0Here is a link a short <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wcco.com\/video\/?id=65842@wcco.dayport.com\">clip from local TV station WCCO<\/a> about the challenge.<\/p>\n<p>[tags] Big Brothers, Big Sisters, Mentors, Mentoring [\/tags]<\/p>\n<div class=\"zemanta-pixie\" style=\"margin-top: 10px; height: 15px;\"><a class=\"zemanta-pixie-a\" title=\"Reblog this post [with Zemanta]\" href=\"http:\/\/reblog.zemanta.com\/zemified\/56eb9f71-377b-4f8d-8589-35accd31e8c8\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"zemanta-pixie-img\" style=\"border: none; float: right;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/img.zemanta.com\/reblog_e.png?w=625\" alt=\"Reblog this post [with Zemanta]\" \/><\/a><span class=\"zem-script more-related pretty-attribution\"><script src=\"http:\/\/static.zemanta.com\/readside\/loader.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script><\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Would you willing run 5 20 milers in a row? That is what local runner Rob Donahue decided to do this week. \u00a0His purpose &#8211; to raise awareness about Big Brothers and Big Sisters of the Greater Twin Cities. \u00a0He has a more specific goal of inspiring 100 men to become &#8220;big brothers.&#8221; 100 Miles [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[28,46],"tags":[502,504,505,470,154,503,230],"class_list":["post-1578","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-charity","category-volunteer","tag-big-brothers-big-sisters","tag-big-brothers-big-sisters-of-america","tag-mentorship","tag-minneapolis--saint-paul","tag-minnesota","tag-society-and-culture","tag-twin-cities"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4iaAv-ps","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2398,"url":"https:\/\/www.teamcrossworld.com\/running\/2010\/give-to-the-max-2010\/","url_meta":{"origin":1578,"position":0},"title":"Give to The Max 2010","author":"crossn81","date":"November 16, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"Last year, more than 38,000 donors logged on to GiveMN.org and contributed more than $14 million to 3,434 Minnesota nonprofits, whose missions range from feeding the hungry, to protecting the environment, to promoting the arts. 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