the loneliest highway in America in
Nevada, Highway 50, and we trek-
ked over the Rockies," Cooper said.
"We ran along Lake Michigan and
Chicago with about 30 to 40 friends
of ours, and now we are in the hot
flat land of Kansas, Nebraska and
Ohio."
events/fundraisers and meeting
with town locals to raise awareness.
along the way, meeting with sur-
vivors, having dinner with survivors
and being invited to stay at sur-
vivors homes, so it has definitely
been a bringing everyone together
kind of tour, whether it is survivors,
those who are battling or those who
have lost someone. That is why I
call it the `Pursuit to Give & Inspire.'
I wanted to meet everyone along
the way in the heart of America."
in a Winnebago RV. Cooper began
running alone until Tour Director
Ryan Priest and Videographer John
McKay joined him. They run any-
where from a marathon up to 40
miles every day.
for someone to go at it by them-
selves. That is the parallel universe
of somebody who goes through can-
cer. A lot of times when they don't
want to fight or carry on, their family
and friends are there to fight for
them," Cooper said. "In those first
few states, I was beat up. I had head-
aches for weeks, hip splinters, alti-
tude problems, just a lot going on.
The slogan of M2G is `if we have
miles to go, we have miles to give,'
and in Utah the M2G revolution was
born to show everyone that on those
down days when you don't want to
fight, we have to lean on others."
who have been affected by Sarcoma
Cancer.
has been lost, battling or has sur-
vived Sarcoma Cancer, and there
have been some days dedicated to
over a handful of people.
parts of the country, so it is very rare
we get to meet them," Cooper said.
"As we keep moving east, the possi-
bility to meet them is becoming
more possible, and that helps us
push through. We have an M2G ar-
my around us, and they are right
there with us."
er's goal is to land in Maryland in
July since the month is Sarcoma A-
wareness Month. So far, M2G has
been able to raise almost $85,000
and is still shooting to raise $15,000
more.
day, July 20. On that day, we will be
starting eight miles out jogging in
and will be ending right under the
archway at 12 p.m. hopefully being
accompanied by Ocean City Mayor
Rick Meehan and his family and
friends. We are very honored and
chapter of the tour to the East Coast
of Ocean City, Md.," Cooper said.
greet with the team will take place
on North Division Street from noon-
3 p.m. Ocean City locals have
caught wind of the team's arrival
and a celebration is in the works
with final plans to come.
www.miles2give.org, where donations
can be made, or visit them on Face-
book and Twitter.
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