What and When?
Starting on July 1st at the Georgia Border near Cloudland, GA and Mentone, Alabama, the run will travel west across Alabama through Fort Payne, Guntersville, Hartselle, Moulton, Russellville, and on July 4th will finish at the Mississippi State line near Red Bay, Alabama. Runners will complete about 50 miles a day for three days followed by a 26.2 mile marathon on the 4th day for a total of 180 miles.
Why?
Elliott Schotz was diagnosed with infantile Tay Sachs disease at 9 months old. Although he will never walk, let alone run, one of his favorite pastimes is riding in the jog stroller during his dad's weekend runs. Fresh air, sunshine, and a nice breeze is heaven to him and his dad. One of the lessons Elliott has taught us is to enjoy and live for today and embrace what we have and what we can do. Our hope is that by completing the run across Alabama, we will help raise awareness of Tay Sachs and raise money for NTSAD as well as inspire others to dream big.
Who?
Eric Schotz
Jon Elmore
Eric Charette
more TBD
The Course
Map of the Course
Day 1: 54.35 miles From Cloudland, Georgia to Guntersville State Park
Day 2: 51.33 miles from Guntersville to Hartselle
Day 3: 47.78 miles from Hartselle to Russellville
Day 4: 26.26 miles from Russellville to past Red Bay, AL (MS border)
Dates
July 1, 2, 3, 4
How Can You Help?
- We will have running log books for you to 'run=along' with the mileage over the course of May and June for what we will do in 4 days.
- We will have a website set up for donations to Tay Sachs
- You can run one, two, three or four days of the journey with us!!!
Resources
Blog of the daily life of Elliott
National-Tay Sachs & Allied Diseases Association
Twitter Updates during the run