Lucas would have been 15 years old on September 18, 2019. He will live forever in our hearts. To learn more about Lucas, visit www.forlucas.com.

The Challenge:

In the month of September 2019, participants must run, walk, bike or jog 10 miles per day for 10 straight days. 

100 miles in 10 days is no easy task. And that task should not go unrewarded.

There will be prizes –
And not just for runners!

SHARE THE CHALLENGE
Help spread the word! There will be a drawing for prizes just for helping to get the word out about the contest.
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Tag #ForLucas10x10 on your social media posts so I can find you and keep track.

ABOUT THE FOR LUCAS 10×10 CONTEST: 

Successfully complete the 10×10 Challenge and you receive a high quality “For Lucas 10×10 Challenge” tee shirt. You will also get a frameable certificate to hang on your wall that proudly proclaims your feat of endurance. The rules:

• Run, walk or jog 10 miles per day for 10 straight days starting within the month of September, 2019.
• If you miss a day, you must start over again.
• You may break your daily 10 miles into several logged activities per day.
• You must “Like” RunningDad.com Facebook page and share your daily run on the Running Dad Facebook page. You can use the activity tracked on a site like Runkeeper, Strava, Nike, Garmin Connect, etc. or a photo of your sports GPS watch. Include the hashtag #ForLucas10x10.
• You must share your “For Lucas 10×10 Challenge” posts on your personal Facebook page, Instagram or Twitter with the hashtag #ForLucas10x10.
• To receive a t-shirt and certificate, you must successfully complete the challenge. All submissions will be reviewed for authenticity.
• You can win prizes for sharing the contest and raising money as well!

As most of you know, I donate $1 for each mile I run to the University of Virginia Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. I started doing this about 7 years ago as a way to help other families that are going through what my wife, Jen, and I went through when we lost Lucas shortly after he was born.

We set a goal of $50,000 and hit that number in May of 2018! Thank you to all who helped us get there. We can’t express our gratitude enough to each of you.

Once we hit the goal, it was like, “So what’s next?” Jen and I thought about what to focus on to help more families. In the big scheme of things, our $50,000 that we raised is kind of a little drop in a big bucket. We wanted to keep helping the UVA NICU, so we met with their fundraising director. Together, we came up with the idea to focus on a more specific need at the hospital.

Our new goal is to raise $30,000 over the next three years for the benefit of the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit’s Bereavement Program. The Bereavement Program will use these funds to help emotionally console families with items such as hand and foot molds, memory boxes, offsetting funeral costs, and photography.