This past weekend several Invisible Children staff members ran in the 200-mile Ragnar relay in support of Monarch School, a local school for kids affected by homelessness. Side-by-side with Monarch students, they ran through the day and through the night, from Huntington Beach to the San Diego Harbor.
Soon, Monarch school is moving into a building that is a stone’s throw from the Invisible Children’s offices and we. can’t. wait.
If you donate to Monarch School, I know that Jason, Noelle, Carl, Juan-David, Liz, and Dan will be as grateful as they are dehydrated. Now, the story, as told to me by Instagram and screenshots from GoPro footage:
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- @jradruss: Today, myself & these peeps are running alongside students affected by homelessness for 200 miles. To give what you can: http://active.com/donate/monarch2013/katiebradel
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- @carl_stevens: Road Warriors. Part of my team, these ladies are legit! Would run 200 miles with them any day. #runformonarch #ragnar
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- @dantjones: SoCal Ragnar run! @invisiblechildren + #monarch. #200milesformonarch
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- @carl_stevens: News update: we crossed the finish line of our leg and we crossed TOGETHER!!!!!! Jackie + Julie = unstoppable #200milesformonarch #ragnar To Donate (please do!): active.com/donate/monarch2013/katiebradel
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- @noellejouglet: Mile 26 of 200 – Kevin and Maribel handoff to Jason and Junior #ragnar
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- @jradruss: Just ran 8.3 miles out of 200 with my new friend “Junior” – He’s an inspiration to the Living! Our pace was 8:15. #200MilesForMonarch
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- @kevinbradel: Comin in hot! End of van 1’s first set. #ragnar #200milesformonarch
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- @dantjones: Getting ready to run through the night/sit in a van. #ragnar #monarch @invisiblechildren @thetreering @noellejouglet @veedism @kevinbradel
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- @noellejouglet: This is what Andrea looks like running a 9’30″/mi at 4am #200formonarch @kettybrado
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- @noellejouglet: Me an my girl Andrea running for monarch school – mile 4 #ragnar #200miles
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- @noellejouglet: Stride for stride, Joel and Charlie – leg 27 8.6 miles #200milesformonarch #ragnar
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- @imlizard: Gio from Monarch School and I ran 7.5 miles at 5:30am this morning. Coolest kid ever. #200milesformonarch #Ragnar
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- @noellejouglet: Van #1 legs complete! Van #2 takes the baton to the finish line at embarcadero south 5pm
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- @dantjones: Finished the race with my student teammate Nancy! We finally bonded over Paramore.
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- @carl_stevens: Lot of incredible people in this photo. Unreal what this group accomplished!!! They deserve the world, and then some. Today we finished our race but their fight continues. To help Monarch School please donate to active.com/donate/monarch2013/katiebradel #200milesformonarch #soproudofyall #thatsmyboothang
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