17-year-old student concludes 100-kilometre marathon for charity
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St. Thomas of Villanova Catholic High School student Gavin Pratt is happy to be home after running an ultra marathon to raise money for the Royal Canadian Legion.
The 17-year-old student started running at 7:30 a.m. on Saturday morning at the Whispering Grace 100 in Ohio.
He finished what turned out to be a 108-kilometre course at 3 a.m. on Sunday.
Prior to the race, his longest run was an 80-kilometre trail race.
Pratt said it was a tough run but he persevered while thinking of the veterans at the Royal Canadian Legion.
“I'm really glad that I was able to do that. I'm really thankful the race organizers put the race on and I'm really glad I was able to raise money with it. It definitely made it worth it and I was thinking about the veterans the Royal Canadian Legion supports as I was running and thinking about what I was doing wasn't even close to what so many had to go through,” he said.
The grade 12 student has raised over $5,500 to support Essex County’s 594 branch, and is hoping more will give through his GoFundMe campaign.
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