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By breaking through our own personal barriers we hope to inspire others to achieve what they never dared to dream.

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Ryan Beckett

Posted on 26 Aug 2009 - by malcivar In: destinations: team bios

destination unknown: 200 mile bike to Key West!
date: October 31, 2009
cause: A Glimmer of Hope (Ethiopia)
age: 27
current residency: Wellington, Florida
employer: self (residential real estate)

What’s an interesting fact about you?
Just got back from a cross country bike ride from St.Augustine FL to San Diego,CA to raise money for an abused and rescue dog charity.

What do you expect the greatest challenge to be in your destination?
Keeping fellow riders from killing me after hearing the 100th cheesy/corny joke

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Enrique Rene Gonzalez

Posted on 26 Aug 2009 - by malcivar In: destinations: team bios

Enrique Rene Gonzalez

destination unknown: Fort Lauderdale Half Marathon
date: November 15th, 2009
cause: A Glimmer of Hope (Ethiopia)
age: 33
current residency: Fort Lauderdale, Florida
employer: LVL 5 Design (interior design/build for residential/commercial real estate)

What’s an interesting fact about you?
After an NBA basketball game, a long time ago when I was an impressionable young kid, as Kareem Abdul-Jabar walked by me after his game, I asked him for an autograph on my newly purchased Wilson basketball…he said to me, while towering over me and full of sweat, “I ain’t got time for you kid.” Verbatim! I remember it like it was yesterday…since then I stopped believing in celebrity and focused on people with substance…seriously – I want Freddie and McKenzie’s autograph!

What do you expect the greatest challenge to be in your destination?
Overcoming doubt

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Kerem Dinlenc

Posted on 25 Aug 2009 - by malcivar In: Kerem Dinlenc, destinations: team bios

Kerem Dinlenc

destination unknown: Istanbul, Turkey Marathon
date: October 18th, 2009
age: 32
cause: A Glimmer of Hope (Ethiopia)
current residency:Tokyo, Japan
employer: Tiffany & Co. (luxury goods)

What’s an interesting fact about you?
My scars don’t heal. And I’m not being metaphoric…literally, something’s weird with my skin.

What do you expect the greatest challenge to be in your destination?
Getting adjusted to jet lag before the marathon this time.

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Charles “Charlie” Lopez

Posted on 10 Aug 2009 - by malcivar In: Charlie Lopez, destinations: team bios

Charlie Lopez

destination unknown: Summit a 14k’er in Colorado – Mt. Elbert (14,443′)
date: October 2009
cause: A Glimmer of Hope (Ethiopia)
age: 37
current residency: Miami, Florida
employer: self (international man of mystery)

What’s an interesting fact about you?
I really enjoy classical music. I just think it is amazing how the great composers could hear a symphony in their head and then translate it to paper.

What do you expect the greatest challenge to be in your destination?
The Altitude and the extreme temperature changes.

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