{"id":1708,"date":"2009-11-25T11:02:46","date_gmt":"2009-11-25T16:02:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.teamcrossworld.com\/running\/?p=1708"},"modified":"2009-11-25T11:02:46","modified_gmt":"2009-11-25T16:02:46","slug":"run-barefoot-across-usa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.teamcrossworld.com\/running\/2009\/run-barefoot-across-usa\/","title":{"rendered":"Run Barefoot Across USA?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/runtellmanrun.com\/press-and-sponsors\/press-kit\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" title=\"Tellman\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/runtellmanrun.com\/press-and-sponsors\/press-kit\/Tellman049b-thumb.jpg?resize=302%2C202\" alt=\"\" width=\"302\" height=\"202\" \/><\/a>That is what Tellman Knudson, 32, is currently doing.\u00a0 His journey began in New York in September and he is currently in Ohio somewhere.<\/p>\n<p>According to his website, <a href=\"http:\/\/runtellmanrun.com\">Run Tellman Run<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Two hundred or so runners have successfully run across the continental United States. Most ran for a cause, others for just the challenge. Tellman Knudson has taken on a $100 million dollar mission to help homeless and at-risk youth. He is dedicated to reaching this goal, like he has been in reaching goals his entire life.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I think you must be a little crazy to run across the country.\u00a0 Let alone barefoot.<\/p>\n<p>His journey will take him on a southern arc through the country with stops along the way at homeless shelters for youth.\u00a0 He has a lot of information about why this is an important issue for all of us to care about.<\/p>\n<p>From the <a href=\"http:\/\/donate.runtellmanrun.com\/donatenow.php\">donate <\/a>page:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>His goal is to raise $100,000,000 to donate to the shelters, organizations and on-the-ground volunteers across the country that help homeless teens get food, get shelter, and rebuild their lives.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tellman will run 3,200 miles barefoot&#8230; but he needs your help.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Your contribution will help us meet our fundraising goal to give every homeless teenager in America hope and help in 2010.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>That would $31,250 per mile that Tellman needs to raise.<\/p>\n<p>I can&#8217;t seem to find out how the money will be distributed.\u00a0 Will Tellman create a foundation and give out grants?\u00a0 Or will the money go to whomever he feels like?\u00a0 Will it be split up among the shelters he stops at?\u00a0 There also isn&#8217;t information about how he is being supported as a runner. Nor can I find how much has already been donated.<\/p>\n<p>I love the idea and the effort he is taking to raise awareness of this oft forgotten segment of the youth population.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/outside-blog.away.com\/blog\/2009\/10\/first-barefoot-transconinental-run.html\">HT: Outside Mag<\/a><\/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\/859ba69b-ddaa-42ac-887b-668d8b58cb85\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"zemanta-pixie-img\" style=\"border: medium 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>That is what Tellman Knudson, 32, is currently doing.\u00a0 His journey began in New York in September and he is currently in Ohio somewhere. According to his website, Run Tellman Run: Two hundred or so runners have successfully run across the continental United States. Most ran for a cause, others for just the challenge. Tellman [&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":[28,4],"tags":[519,518,517],"class_list":["post-1708","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-charity","category-information","tag-adolescence","tag-homeless-shelter","tag-homelessness"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4iaAv-ry","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1926,"url":"https:\/\/www.teamcrossworld.com\/running\/2010\/book-review-born-to-run\/","url_meta":{"origin":1708,"position":0},"title":"Book Review: Born to Run","author":"crossn81","date":"April 7, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"If you've not heard of the best-selling book Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen you might be want to double check that you are a runner with a network of runners. \u00a0It seems every runner on the web has written\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Book Review&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Book Review","link":"https:\/\/www.teamcrossworld.com\/running\/category\/book-review\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Born to Run Cover","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.teamcrossworld.com\/running\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/3768398473_a962f6738f_m.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":2565,"url":"https:\/\/www.teamcrossworld.com\/running\/2011\/vibram-five-fingers-minimalist-demo-run\/","url_meta":{"origin":1708,"position":1},"title":"Vibram Five Fingers &#038; Minimalist Demo Run","author":"crossn81","date":"March 23, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"Saturday, March 26 10:30am Minimalist Footwear Class and Demo Run Midwest Mountaineering Share one runner\u2019s journey and the joys of adapting feet and running form to minimalist footwear, specifically Vibram Five Finger \u201cToe Shoes.\u201d Jim Baumiller is a passionate trail runner and early adopter of Five Fingers, eager to share\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Shoes&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Shoes","link":"https:\/\/www.teamcrossworld.com\/running\/category\/shoes\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"P1020344","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4003\/4591371741_7b7f8ef6a0_m.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":7409,"url":"https:\/\/www.teamcrossworld.com\/running\/2019\/08182019-run-swim\/","url_meta":{"origin":1708,"position":2},"title":"08182019 &#8211; Run &#038; Swim","author":"crossn81","date":"August 18, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Finishing up the Cuyuna solo weekend. 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