Charlie Engle and Marshall Ulrich will cover 3,109 miles in 45 days to inspire people to live healthy
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Alexandria, VA (September 12, 2008) – To increase awareness of childhood obesity and youth fitness, MISSION Product Partner Charlie Engle and ultra-marathoner Marshall Ulrich, will run across America from San Francisco to New York … in 45 days! That’s 69.8 miles a day, which would be a new world record.
The coast-to-coast journey begins September 13, 2008, from the steps of City Hall in San Francisco and will end on or before October 27 at the Times Square Champs Store in New York City. The challenge comes after Charlie’s documented run across the Sahara Desert to help raise awareness and funds for water-related programs in Africa. Running The Sahara was shot by Academy Award-winning documentarian James Moll, and will be released by NEHST Studios in the fall.
Charlie will be accompanied in this run across America by ultra-marathoner Marshall Ulrich of Idaho Springs, CO, and the two runners' journey will serve as the subject for a new documentary, Running America. During the course of the run, a film crew from NEHST Studios will follow along to capture their interactions with people who serve a common purpose of combating childhood obesity and promoting youth fitness.
A number of local United Ways along the route will organize events and volunteers to run with Charlie and Marshall in their region. People can follow along with Charlie and Marshall virtually by going to www.LiveUnited.org/runningamerica.
Charlie is also a founding athlete partner of MISSION Product, which creates innovative skincare solutions that help protect, preserve and replenish the skin before, during and after workouts.
“We are extremely excited and proud to have our partner, Charlie Engle, leading the charge on this very important issue for our country”, said Josh Shaw, Founder and CEO of MISSION Product. “At MISSION Product developing and supporting programs that have a significant cultural impact such as Running America are the backbone of our business.”
The MISSION Product lineup includes a sunscreen with SPF 30 and anti-sting technology, a vitamin lip balm with SPF 20, a long-lasting anti-friction cream, a restorative foot gel and a revive body gel for post sun and wind exposure. MISSION Product is formulated with clinically-pure ingredients and is engineered to deliver superior skincare benefits. MISSION Product lines are fortified with vitamins, minerals and antioxidants, and are preservative-free and animal-cruelty free.
MISSION Product is available at select sports specialty retailers including Champs Sports, Vitamin Shoppe, City Sports, Performance Bicycle and the Eastbay catalog, as well as numerous golf, tennis, running, soccer, ski and fitness locations. Online purchases can be made at www.missionproduct.com.
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About Charlie Engle
Elite adventurer Charlie Engle has run through some of the most forbidding terrain on the planet. With a lot of determination and the ability to endure hardships in every way, Charlie has moved from a life of drugs and alcohol to a life of understanding and learning to live with himself. After many years of sobriety, he has become a top athlete, spokesperson and philanthropist. He has also worked with MISSION Labs to create the MISSION Product line, designed to meet the specific needs of athletes and sports enthusiasts across all sports.
About MISSION Product
MISSION Product™ is the world's first line of Athlete-Engineered Skincare™ products. Headquartered in New York, NY, the company was founded in 2007 by a passionate team of athletes, skincare experts and business leaders. MISSION Product formulas are engineered with breakthrough technology, vitamins, minerals and antioxidants, and are preservative-free, irritant-free and animal-cruelty-free. MISSION Product believes everyone has dual missions in life – a personal mission and a social one – so the company proudly supports the charities of all of its athlete partners. To learn more about MISSION Product, please visit www.missionproduct.com.
About NEHST Studios
NEHST Studios is a diversified film production, financing and distribution company headed up by Chairman and Founder Larry Meistrich producer of Sling Blade and You Can Count on Me and founder of indie film studio Shooting Gallery and entrepreneur, CEO Ari Friedman. One of NEHST's goals is to remove entertainment industry barriers and open up the pitching and development process to anyone with a great idea. The company, which launched at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival, is developing more than twenty feature film, television, and web series projects. For more information on NEHST Studios, please visit us at http://www.nehst.com.
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