On Saturday morning, Nick, Sonia and I laced up to run hour 21 of the #24HourRelayForAaron.
For 24 hours, runners and non-runners alike rounded Hamline’s indoor track – 174.72 miles total! – in memory of Aaron Purmort, who recently passed away from “complications from a radioactive spider bite,” aka, cancer. A talking Spider-Man kept everyone company for all 1,922 laps. Kudos to Steve in a Speedo for organizing such a wonderful event! (See his recap here.)
I never met Aaron, but his story – gracefully told by his wife Nora on her blog, My Husband’s Tumor – deeply touched my heart, along with everyone else’s. Tragic and unfair for sure, but it’s also an important reminder that life is incredible short and fragile, so live big + boldly and love fiercely + with abandon.
To help out Nora and son Ralphie, visit here.
#RIPBigPurm
4 Comments
This looks like such an awesome event! Good for you guys for participating. Live really is too short.
Great post!
Love that you guys participated in this to honour Aaron’s memory. (And I’m glad you only had an hour of running around a track instead of 24 🙂 )
So great that you were able to support Nora and honor Aaron! What a special event to participate in. It’s always special for me when I can combine running with do gooding. Running the marathon for St. Jude twice has been beyond emotional!
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