Run for the Fallen 2010
On the weekend of August 21/22, 2010, we are encouraging anyone, wherever they are, to go out and run/walk one mile for a fallen service member killed in Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom. Similar to our events in 2008 and 2009, we will post runs here, in order!, by state and country. Please email contact [at] runforthefallen [dot] org with information about your run.
Our goal is to again have all 50 states participate. Last year, there were over 5,000 participants in 35 states and four countries, running a combined total of over 31,000 miles. Help us to continue to honor and remember our service members, bringing people and communities together. Together, let us Run for the Fallen.
To learn more about the 2008 run that started it all, please visit To Them That’s Gone, the Run for the Fallen documentary.
Download a runner’s bib that you can wear when you run for the fallen.
Click on a state below to view if any runs will be happening near you.
AL, AK, AR, CA, CO, CT, DE, FL, GA, HI, ID, IL, IN, IA, KS, KY, LA, ME, MD, MA, MI, MN, MS, MO, MT, NE, NV, NH, NJ, NY, NC, ND, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VT, VI, WA, WV, WI, WY, WORLDWIDE
•Cullman, AL – Tim McAally – Running a 5k on August 22nd for Run for the Fallen.
•NW, AR – Jerry Bailey – Consecutive run organized by Jerry. The run/walk is on August 21st and begins at 7:30 a.m. at the south gate of the Veterans Hospital, 1100 North College Avenue, Fayetteville, Arkansas. Runners will travel along HWY 71 south to Mountainburg and back to Fayetteville. Contacts for this event are Jerry Bailey (jdbailey@sbcglobal.net) and Janet Stockton-Taylor (janet.stockton-taylor@va.gov). We’ll have support from the Arkansas Gold Star Mothers (and dads) group again this year as well
•San Diego, CA – Rachelle Vaughn – Will be running at Lake Miramar in honor of her husband Sgt Richard Allen Vaughn. Please contact Rachelle Vaughn at r_miller23 [at] hotmail [dot] com so she can plan accordingly if you wish to run in honor of a fallen hero. Registration will start at 8am. Run will commence at 9 am, Saturday August 21st, 2010.
•Merced, CA – Anita Richards – Merced County will do it’s First RUN FOR THE FALLEN on Aug 21st at Merced County Veterans Memorials (Applegate Park Flag Pole entrance on M Street, Merced CA) We look forward to this great event in remembering our fallen Soldiers from Merced County: Karina Lau, Cesar Granados, Joshua Pickard, Travis Layfield, Frank Gasper and Lukas Hopper. If anyone from our area would like to participate please e-mail mercedfallensoldiers@yahoo.com
Time: 6:00 AM registration
6:30 AM Runners/Walkers
•Fort Carson, CO – Ann Edinger, Community Events – DFMWR at Fort Carson is planning their third annual Run for the Fallen.
•Fort Collins, CO – Devon Laughlin – Run on August 21, Saturday. Meet at 830am at the power trail in Fort Collins. It starts behind EPIC on riverside. Run will start at 900am. Contact information: forthefallen2009 [at] live [dot] com
•near Denver, CO – Troy Yocum – Troy is currently hiking his way across the country in order to raise money to help military families in need. He’ll be in Colorado during the 3rd annual Run for the Fallen, so if you’re near Troy, you’re more than welcome to join in! Learn more about Troy’s schedule, or about Drum Hike.
•Central CT – Sharon Kirsche – Sharon and family will be organizing a run in Central CT, scheduled for August 21st. Event page. Contact info: Run4CTFallen [at] gmail [dot] com
•Sebring, FL – Sue Sawyer – Third annual event. To find out more about the event, please visit the Run for the Fallen: FL MySpace page.
•Tampa, FL – Tampa Area Marine Parents Assoc., Inc. – 3rd Annual Run for the Fallen Event (5K / 1 mile Run & Walk). This FREE event will be held on Sunday, August 22nd, at E.G. Simmons Park in Ruskin. Pre-registration is requested so we can verify our participant numbers in order to reach our goal. Registration and information can be found at www.usmcfamilysupport.org, by calling (813)965-2682 or contacting kym [at] usmcfamilysupport [dot] org.
WHERE: E.G. Simmons Park 2401 – 19th Ave. N.W./just off US 41 in S. Hillsborough County Ruskin, FL
Pictures of the 2009 run.
•Kings Bay, GA – Lori Clark – Kings Bay Naval Base will be donating miles from 14 June 2010 to 22 August 2010. Mile donation forms will be available at the Fitness Center.
MWR will be hosting a 5K run on 14 June and 20 August 2010.
Contact: kbrunforthefallen@gmail.com for any questions or comments.
•Charleston, IL – Vivian White – Aug. 21st a Run for the Fallen event to honor all Illinois military personnel who have lost their lives in Iraq or Afghanistan. The run will be held in Charleston, Illinois at the Charleston High School track. It will be an all-day event (7 a.m. – 7 p.m.) People can come out to the track anytime during the day and walk/run. They can walk for a particular soldier or we can assign them a soldier. The hour between 9-10 a.m. will be specifically reserved for family members of fallen soldiers, but the track will be open to anyone at all other times during the day. Online registration information.
• Pinckneyville, IL – Eisenhauer family – This will be the third annual “Run for the Fallen” event held in Pinckneyville. The Governor’s office has arranged for the “Portraits of the Fallen,” which are sketches completed by a young man Cameron of each of the Fallen soldiers (OIF, OEF) from Illinois. Download the information details. Contact is Becca Eisenhauer at Beccasocwrk [at] hotmail [dot] com
•Terre-Haute, IN – Olivia Goulding – is organizing a 3-mile run in Terre Haute, Indiana on August 21, 2010. She will be activating the memory of her friend Dale Griffin as she runs and encourages others to run to remember. For more information contact her at ogoulding [at] msn [dot] com .
• Central IA region – Heather Johnson – organizing a run for the Central Iowa region for the weekend of Aug. 21/22. Their run will honor fallen soldiers from the State of Iowa. www.iowaremembrancerun.com There are no registration fees, but all money raised will go to their new charity, Iowa Remembers, Inc. Please contact Heather for further details.
• Elk Horn, IA – Teresa Smitherman Jarvis & Elk Horn American Legion – Elk Horn will be hosting a Run for the Fallen, Saturday, August 21st with most of my help coming from the Elk Horn American Legion. The main objective is to keep my son’s memory live–CPL BRANDON WILLIAM SMITHERMAN, who was KIA 10/31/07 in Mosul, Iraq. Elk Horn is located in SE Iowa (about 50 minutes west of Omaha NE). We would love to have y’all join us!! Registration is at 4:00pm and the RUN Ceremony begins at 5:00pm.
•Fort Campbell – MWR Sports Dept. – The State of Kentucky will have a run for the fallen even on August 21 at 6am. The starting point is still TBD, but it will be on Fort Campbell. This event is sponsored by the MWR sports department at Fort Campbell, KY. Information about the event can be directed to Joe Schippers at the MWR sports department, joseph.schippers [at] us [dot] army [dot] mil
•Lexington, Kentucky – Joshua Koshy – 3rd annual Run for the Fallen in Lexington, Kentucky on August 29th at 4 pm. Event is being coordinated by Joshua Koshy. For more information please contact rftfky [at] yahoo [dot] com. We had 40 participants in 2008 and 200 in 2009.
• Run for the Fallen, ME – John Mixon – Third annual event, running consecutively one mile for each service member killed who is from Maine. You may find out more at: www.runforthefallenmaine.org, or you may contact John Mixon directly at jmixon [at] maine.rr [dot] com
•MD – Jody Frey – Running a 10K for Army PFC Travis Krege.
•Boston, MA – Lauren Smyth – Walking for Sgt. Adam Kennedy as part of Run For The Fallen 2010 National Remembrance weekend for Massachusetts. Visit Adam’s website.
•Quitman, MS – Rachel Lee – Ran a 5k on April 10 with K9 Lex in honor of Cpl. Dustin Jerome Lee. Rachel will then take Lex, Jerome’s K9, to Walter Reed Army and Bethesda Marine Hosp. Find out more.
—Rachel’s MS Run for the Fallen 5K Run/Walk and Kids Fun Run will take place Aug 21, 2010. Proceeds will go to the Stonewall Fallen Memorial; Kids Fun Run begins at 7:45 and 5K Run/Walk begins at 8 am. The event on Facebook.—
• Ft. Leonard Wood – Amy Migs – Fort Leonard Wood will host its 3rd Run for the Fallen 5K run on 28 August 2010. 2008’s event drew in over 1600 people who ran, walked, strolled, biked over 5000 miles total, in honor of all those heroes who have fallen. Registration Form. First 100 entries receive a free T-shirt!
Funds raised will support the National Run for the Fallen organization and the Military Police Regimental Association Benevolent Fund.
• Lake of the Ozarks – Trisha Creach – We will be honoring all of our soldiers and hope to get at least 85 people to walk one mile to pay special tribute to our Missouri men and women killed in Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom. The event will begin at 8 AM at the Osage Beach City Park on Highway 54. For more information contact the Lake Area Chamber of Commerce 1-800-451-4117
•Run for the Fallen, NJ – Similar to last year, RFTF, NJ will be organized for September 25-26, 2010. Some information is already posted at www.njrunforthefallen.org. If you are interested in helping out, running, or learning more, please email njrunforthefallen [at] yahoo [dot] com
• Brooklyn, NY – Carson Schefstad – This run will take place August 21st in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn. Find out more at their Facebook event page. Registration will begin at 8 a.m. in Fort Hamilton Park which is located right outside the gates of Ft. Hamilton Military
Installation at 101st and 4th. There will be an option of a 5k walk and 10k run. Both of which take place on the Shore Parkway Promenade. We have had t-shirts and screen printing donated and will have a small registration fee, of which proceeds will go to WWP, To Them That is Gone, and Survivor Outreach Services. The POC for this event is Carson Schefstad 718.630.4467 or carson.schefstad@us.army.mil
• Lower Manhattan, NY, NY – Michael Hickman – is organizing a 6-mile run starting at Robert F. Wagner Park and Battery Park City and ending back in the World Financial Center (North Cove).
Route: http://bit.ly/aSGbvG
Event Page: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=322087824022
•Rome, NY – Jeannine Olney – The 3rd annual Run for the Fallen in Rome, NY will be held on August 22, 2010 at 0900 on the former Griffiss AFB. Registration will begin at 8am. Starting point is at the B-52 site. Contact is Jeannine at bejeweledrunner [at] yahoo [dot] com. The local run/walk will be in honor of the following Local Soldiers who have “fallen.” Army Pfc. Gregory P. Huxley, Jr., Army Captain George Wood, Army Sgt. Michael Uvanni, Marine Sgt. Elisha R. Parker, Army Cpl. John Sigsbee, Army Sgt. Christopher C. Simpson, Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Alec Mazur, Marine Lance Cpl. Daniel J. Geary, Army Cpl. Michael Mayne, Marine Lance Cpl. Blaise A. Oleski, Marine Lance Cpl Jeremy S. Lasher, and Army Spc. Blair Thompson. If you do not know a soldier who has “fallen” please come to honor our local soldiers. You may dedicate your mile to any soldier you want.
• Run for the Fallen, NC – Kathy Moore – The North Carolina Chapter of Honor and Remember along with Give2thetroops will be having the North Carolina Run for the Fallen on May 29, 2010. This will be the third annual North Carolina Run for the Fallen. Contact: ncchapter [at] honorandremember [dot] org
- Kathy Moore Gold Star Mother of CPL Ryan Russell, NC Chapter Director of Honor and Remember
• Cleveland, OH – Kyle T Beattie – Organizing a run Aug 21st, 2010 for two soldiers: SGT Daniel Gionet and SSG Ronald Blystone. More details about the where and when, please go to visit the event’s Facebook page, go to Twitter “RFTFCleveland,” or contact Kyle at RFTFCleveland@gmail.com.
•Lawton, Oklahoma – Survivor Outreach Services – We are located outside the gates of Fort Sill and encourage interested parties to run/walk with us at Elmer Thomas Park on 3rd and Ferris in Lawton on Saturday, Aug. 21. Folks can contact either myself, Debra Leffler at 580-442-4282 or Kathy at 580-442-4329. We’ll be there between 7:30am and 10:30am and hope to have several join us!
•Portland, OR – Linda Gibson – Linda and the Blue Star Mothers of Oregon will be hosting a run in Portland on August 21, 2010.
•Altoona, PA – Lori Emig – The Friends and Family of SSgt Matt Ingham US Marine Corps, will be hosting the 1st Annual Mansion Park Run for the Fallen. The run is open to anyone who would like to run/walk a mile or more in honor of a fallen service member from Pennsylvania. The Run is being held at Mansion Park, Altoona, PA, Sat Aug 21st from 9am-1pm. For additional info contact Lori Emig, loriemig [at] hotmail [dot] com or Gary Ingham, sales [at] quailtyaward [dot] com. You may also visit the website, at www.centralparunforthefallen.com
•Dallas, PA – Dallas High School – Dallas High is organizing and running for 1st Lt. Mike Cleary and other fallen PA service members on June 19, 2010.
•Western, PA – Jerry Heckathorn – A 129th AHC Vietnam Veteran, Jerry will be running in August and spreading the word about the Run. Thank you for your service Jerry!
• Hendersonville, TN – Hendersonville Running Club – conducting their 3rd annual “Run for the Fallen” on Aug 21 at 7:30 am, at the Streets of Indian Lake Mall area in Hendersonville TN. Run approximately 5 miles. Name memorials will be set up and after a brief service, the group of runners will stop at each marker and lay a rose and have a brief moment of silence before they proceed. Several families of the fallen are expected to attend. Contact is Forrest Wise, who may be reached at: ffwise02 [at] yahoo [dot] com
• Dallas, TX – Sgt. Tracy Waller – will be traveling from Kansas to run a 10K in Dallas, Tx in the Wounded Warrior Half Marathon/10K on behalf of SFC Randall S. Rehn and his family, who was killed by an IED in 2003.
• El Paso, TX – Viny – Will run in Honor of Army Sgt. Daniel E. Woodcock, who paid the ultimate sacrifice March 11, 2007.
• Hempstead, TX – David Hartley – Having a run on Aug. 21, 2010 at 7am that will begin at the Hempstead High School Track and end at a memorial that the City of
Hempstead built in memory of my son, SSG Jeffery Hartley. For more information, download the flyer. To register, go to www.watermelonrftf.com.
• West Arlington, VT – Batten Kill Valley Runners – Planning to host their third year of the Run For the Fallen. August 22nd, 2010 at 9am at the Grange in West Arlington, VT. 1-4 miles for walkers and runners to honor our soldiers. Contact is Lynn Grieger, 802-362-2810, lynngrieger [at] comcast [dot] net.
•Fort Lee, VA – Fort Lee Survivor Outreach Services – will be participating in Run for the Fallen 2010. Their event will be at Williams Stadium, corner of Lee and Mahone Avenues, Fort Lee, VA 23801 from 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM on August 21. Contact SOS at (804) 734-6445 for more details.
•Ashburn, VA – Thomas Eden – Will be running during the period 6/14 to 8/22 and donating the miles through the NRO Fitness Center.
•Lake Ridge, VA – Tammy Bish – A run/walk the length of Old Bridge Rd. (the major road through Lake Ridge). Starting at the old Hechinger’s commuter lot at Old Bridge Rd. and 123 and run/walk to Chinn Park…about 5 miles! The Run/Walk is in honor of my cousin’s boyfriend, 1Lt. Tyler Parten, who died on 9/10/09 serving in Afghanistan… Meet on 8/21/10 at 8 a.m.
• Milwaukee, WI – Woods National Cemetery – Judith Singer – www.beingtherereachingout.org – Gold Star Families and supporters will be running again in Wisconsin. Last year, 15 Wisconsin Gold Star Families along with friends and supporters ran over a total of 200 miles.
We’ll be running with the WI Families of our Fallen again in 2010. Can we organize a run in the future(2011?) that runs past all the memorials in D.C.? A country-wide run with people coming from all across the country. Just a thought.
I want to do it for my cousin who lost his life in 2008 in Iraq
Staff Sargent Bryan Bolander
I would love to be involved in a run in the Dallas/Fort Worth TX run. My brother SFC Allen Mosteiro was killed on February 14, 2007. I just happen to come across the web site. If you could please send me more information about any runs that are coming up in 2010.
What about New York City? A great run to do would be to run the entire length of Manhattan on the West Side. Start in Battery Park City right by Ground Zero and run up past the George Washington Bridge and end four miles North in Inwood Hill Park. It’s flat all the way and probably about 12-16 miles total. Does RFTF have anything organized for Manhattan?
The North Carolina Chapter of Honor and Remember along with Give2thetroops will be having the North Carolina Run for the Fallen on May 29, 2010. This will be the third year that we have held a run
Kathy Moore Gold Star Mother of
CPL Ryan Russell
NC Chapter Director of Honor and Remember
I would love to do it somebody just needs to contact me. In memory of my handsome nephew
I am going to try to get one organized in Great Lakes Illinois in memory of Sgt Richard Vaughn who was killed April 7, 2008. If anyone is in this area, or the downtown Chicago area, I will be running and you are more than welcome to join.
I agree, we should organize a run in DC. That would be a great way to remember fallen friends.@Judith Singer
As proud mom of fallen Marine, Cpl Dustin Lee, I am interested in organizing one for our MS Fallen… Please lead the way…
Nothing going on in AZ? I want to run. We need to run. Please tell me how I can organize a run in my state.
Thanks to everyone who have posted comments. I know you have gotten emails from me directly, as opposed to me leaving response comments, but I just wanted to post this and say thanks again. If you haven’t heard from me in awhile, and you’re waiting for a response, please let me know!!!
All the best,
Jon
Director, Run for the Fallen
Merced County will do it’s First RUN FOR THE FALLEN on Aug 21st at Merced County Veterans Memorials also known as “Court house Park”. we look forward to this great event in remembering our fallen Soldiers from Merced County. We will remember and honor;Karina Lau, Cesar Granados, Joshua Pickard, Travis Layfield, Frank Gasper and Lukas Hopper. If anyone from our area would like to participate please e-mail mercedfallensoldiers@yahoo.com Thank you!
What about one in Buffalo, NY? Its the second largest city in the state and we have more than enough people who not only love to run, but support every single troop over there and would run for the ones who have lost their lives for our freedom.
Myself and the Blue Star Mothers of Oregon will be hosting a run in Portland on August 21, 2010
Would like to have a run in DC. I live in Maryland but only a few miles to DC, it would be a great event to do here in the Nation’s capital.
I will also be representing non profit group Honor and Remember.
Let me know what I have to do and if anyone else wants to help with this run here.
Mike
You can email me at mikenang97@aol.com
Hi Jon. Are you still considering having the Run 2010 in D.C. where we can run along all the Memorials. I’ve got all the WI Families of our Fallen interested and we’d love to make the trip. How can we help? Judith Singer(Milwaukee WI)
Hi Mike — I will run with you in DC — let me know when you plan on making the event. I wiill help too..
@Jon
I want to organize a run in Elk Horn, Iowa–I moved here from Texas (was in the Run last year but was moving up here when they had it for 2010)–to help honor my son, Cpl Brandon W Smitherman. He was KIA in Mosul, Iraq 10/31/07 (the worst day of my life) and I want to do the run here in my new home town to continue to keep his memory alive!! please contact me as to how I can get things started!! Thank you and God Bless you for running for my son, too!!
teresa
@Jon
I want to organize a run in Elk Horn, Iowa–I moved here from Texas (was in the Run in 2009 but was moving up here when they had it for 2010)–to help honor my son, Cpl Brandon W Smitherman. He was KIA in Mosul, Iraq 10/31/07 (the worst day of my life) and I want to do the run here in my new home town to continue to keep his memory alive!! please contact me as to how I can get things started!! Thank you and God Bless you for running for my son, too!!
Teresa
please contact me at harleyhoney916@yahoo.com or on facebook (my name is the same). thanks again for doing such a wonderful thing to honor our fallen!!
@Teresa Smitherman Jarvis
Just sent you an email Teresa.
In Honor of Army Sgt. Daniel E. Woodcock.
He paid the ultimate sacrifice March 11, 2007.
Miss you my friend.
How do I get a fallen service member photo on the website?
I would love to organize a run in the Dayton or Cincinnati area, problem is, I have no clue how to get it started. Could someone give me some pointers on who to contact or how to get this ball rolling? matthew.stegeman@gmail.com Thanks and Jon, keep up the great work.
Ann,
Thanks for your patience. I just returned from Alaska where I had no access to email or internet.
Send the photo to me and I will post it on the blog. If there is any particular story you wish to attach along with the picture, I feel this would help.
All the best,
Jon
We are in the Jackson, MS area and want to try to do a commando-set-up for a run on 8/21. Can you help us? My partner in this is Mary Robinson (mrobgeorge@gmail.com) Let us know if you can advise/assist us…..Phillip Ley MD, FACS 601-826-3410
would like to participate in the Portland, OR run. Is there a website or a point of contact?
@Linda Gibson
Linda, I am a retired veteran living in Vancouver, WA. I would like to participate in the Portland run. let me know. Thank you
I live in NH and there are no runs scheduled in my state. I was going to participate in the Maine run but I was wondering how to go about organizing a runforthefallen in my own state?
@Diane
Hi,
I am a sister of fallen soldier, SFC David J Todd Jr. KIA August 20, 2008. I also live in Dallas and would love to do something that weekend in honor of the fallen and my brother. If you hear of anything or perhaps would like to go in together on setting up a race, please let me know.
For more info on the Central Pennsylvania Run for the Fallen visit our web site
In Memory of USMA SSgt Matt Ingham
We will be doing our RUN FOR THE FALLEN here in ELK HORN, IOWA on Saturday, August 21st with most of my help coming from the Elk Horn American Legion. They have just started a War Memorial and this is a great way to honor our fallen soldiers and make the surrounding communities aware of the Memorial plus help to raise funds for it! I have only lived here (moved up here from Texas) but I love it and I have been told the community will be 100% supportive!! My main objective is to keep my son’s memory live–CPL BRANDON WILLIAM SMITHERMAN, he was KIA 10/31/07 in Mosul, Iraq. He was the company commanders driver (he drove a Bradley tank) and they were ‘fired upon’ and he went after the enemy!! In the process, ran over an IED the size of a refrigerator and it killed him & his commander, Capt Tim McGovern of Ill.
So, any one in our area–we are in south east Iowa (about 50 minutes west of Omaha NE) on Aug 21st please come on down, we would love to have yall join us!! registration is at 4:00pm and the RUN Ceremony begins at 5:00pm and last until whenever!!
can someone please help me on setting up a website for our run??
My brother in law was killed in afghanistan on July 10, 2010. My family will be participating in the run in Texas and New York. I am an airforce wife in South Dakota- I was wondering how these get set up. I would love to have one out there. If anyone could let me know that would be great.
I wish that Fort Benning would organize something here on post. I did this 2 years ago at Fort Campbell and would love to do it again
I would love to organize one of these – how do I get more info?