...and we're up and running!

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Welcome to the Thousand Milers blog, the rallying point for our New York City Marathon effort to raise support and awareness about the Maasai Wilderness Conservation Trust. We are a team of activists rallying behind Brian and other marathoners, including some Maasai themselves.

The Thousand Milers' name originates from name for the shoes, crafted from the rubber of expired Michelin tires, which Maasai runners train in. In training for this marathon, Brian and the team will run over a thousand miles, and in our team training runs in Central Park, we'll join them in spirit and name.



Here, and through events and activities we're planning in the next few months to raise support for the Trust, we channel our creative energies for a good cause. The Thousand Milers are united by a common workplace and a shared commitment to livable and sustainable environments. Teaming up with others for the NYC Marathon (stay tuned for more information about our other marathoning team-mates), we look forward to seeing our efforts realize into ecosystem preservation and better access to education and health care resources for this unique community.

To keep supporting the effort and find out how you can be more involved as the marathon gets closer, please check back here. We'll be posting what we're up to regularly, and will be adding links, events, and more information. In addition to the regular posts, the links on the right to photos, video, our calendar, and Maasai Trust efforts provide more information (and entertainment). Soon we'll also have more information on how a little bit of donated money can go a long way in this cause, and we'll show you an easy route to do so.

The next few months look like they're going to be a lot of fun; stay in touch to support a great cause with us!

ŋasa'k,

the Thousand Milers

photo courtesy Shauna Robertson