CURRENT WORLD RECORD OF 24 HOURS, 83.04 MILE SAND RUN RAISED NEARLY $20,000 FOR 2011, TEAMS AND SOLOS INVITED TO SIGN UP AND ATTEMPT TO BREAK WORLD RECORD SET BY CHRISTIAN BURKE
Hermosa Beach, CA, USA – May 25, 2011 – Christian Burke, a Southern California native who embarked on a 24-hour ultra-marathon sand run to raise money for local schools last year, setting a Guinness® World Record in the process, announced his next fundraising event/record attempt will take place on June 18, 2011. 

Known as “The Hermosa 24,” this remarkable endurance event attracted hundreds of curious onlookers over the 2010 Labor Day weekend and raised nearly $20,000 for local schools.   For this second world record and fundraising effort, Christian is inviting the solo runners and teams of runners to attempt to break both his fundraising goal and his Guinness World Record.

24 Hours, Running in the Sand = Absolutely Worth It  In 2010, parents of Hermosa Beach school children donated a total of $530,000 to fill in a budget...