Old Fort Strong Endurance Festival

Help me in my effort to raise money for the Old Fort Strong Fund. This fund is dedicated to helping support community members in Old Fort who have lost their homes or had significant damage to their homes and will not receive any help to pay for rebuilding from insurance. Due to the massive flooding that took place outside of historic flood zones, many homes did not have flood insurance to cover this cost.  In total 50+ homes were lost in McDowell County alone. The goal is to raise $2,000,000 from this event alone to help in this cause. All donations will go directly to helping those in need in this community.  

I am an ultra trail runner who started running later in life as a way to prove my strength, grit, and determination. But the thing is, I've never actually been alone in the journey. I trained for my first race with a college friend, I started to believe I could run long distances after spending enough time running with folks from my local Fleet Feet, and I even met one of my best friends through a running retreat around Mount St. Helens. When people say running is a team sport, this is what they mean. In other words, we're stronger together. So, join with me to make my 6-hour race on the Old Fort trails that much stronger, that much more meaningful: by donating to the Old Fort Strong Fund to support this community devastated by Hurricane Helene. Let's be stronger together.