The Ultimate Ice Bath: 26 Donations for 26 Miles

96 hours.

26 donations.

$1,300 to the Muscular Dystrophy Association to fight ALS.

26 buckets of ice water on my head.

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The ALS #IceBucketChallenge has swept the nation, but we’ve been seeing a lot more awareness than action. Last week, I issued a challenge: For every donation that was made to the Muscular Dystrophy Association in honor of my efforts to run the Chicago Marathon on MDA’s Team Momentum, I would consecutively dump that many buckets of ice water on my head. You – my friends, family, fellow runners and triathletes and readers everywhere – rose to the occasion. Twenty-six of you donated, and the coincidence that it coincides with the number of miles I’ll be running in October is hopefully a good sign.

Without further ado, here it is in all its glory: Watch my ALS #IceBucketChallenge video where I dump 26 freezing buckets of ice water on my head for 26 miles at the Chicago Marathon and 26 donations to fight ALS.

I am humbled by the outpouring of generosity and the amazing support you have shown – not just to me, but to everyone fighting ALS and muscle diseases. Thank you for making a difference. Thank you for your thoughtfulness. And most of all, thank you for being the amazing people you are.

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If you haven’t yet made a donation for the #IceBucketChallenge yet, I encourage you to support the Muscular Dystrophy Association at mda.org, or donate directly through my fundraising page here.

Have you taken the #IceBucketChallenge yet? Feel free to link up to your videos and posts in the comments below.

Comments

Lacy @ Running Limitless

That was AWESOME!!! That was a lot of Ice Water but you did great. I love how you wrote the names in chalk on the road so you wouldn’t forget anyone as you probably froze your memory with so much ice water. Congrats on raising $1300 as well. You should definitely post the videos of your nominees as well. A great group!!

Jess

Aw, Jes! I love this! You are amazing!

Jenn

Amazing!

Lisa J

This was amazing—way to follow through!

Kat

way to go girlie! haha

Sandra Laflamme

Way to go Jes! You are a true inspiration!

Tim

Best ice bucket challenge yet!! Well done!

Allie

I said it before and I’ll say it again – YOU ARE AWESOME!!!!

rUnladylike

Thank you guys so much! I really appreciate all your super thoughtful comments. And a huge thanks to those of you who donated to MDA in honor of my efforts or any other organization to help fight ALS. xoxo

Kimberley

That was total AWESOMENESS! Great job and best of luck in Chicago!

rUnladylike

Thank you Laura 🙂 It was a meaningful experience. xo