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It's always听inspiring to hear of people pushing themselves to achieve extraordinary feats. Especially听when they do it to benefit others. We were thrilled with the success of the and the incredible showing of the great #JMextraMile Team.

On听7/5/2023, 12 brave runners from 青青草视频 set out to make a difference by听running 157 km / 98 mi鈥攁n average of 13 km / 8 mi per runner. Not only was this听a great showing, but their efforts also helped to raise money for spinal cord听injury research. The team consisted of two runners from the United States and ten听runners from Slovakia.

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What makes WFL听special is that all runners have 30 minutes to get ahead of the Catcher Car听before this moving finish line passes every last person in the race.听

A special听congratulations goes to Steve Payne, Southwest Regional Services Manager, who听was able to cover 19.72 km / 12.25 mi before he was overtaken by the Catcher听Car. With this impressive performance he was the runner with the longest听distance on our team. As all participants start running at the exact same听time, it was 5 AM when Steve went to his virtual starting line in Colorado, his听headlamp and the full moon providing minimal light.听

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For Anthony听Hugs, Batch Mixer at our Defiance plant, it was already daylight when he听started running at 7 AM in Ohio. However, he also had to contend with nature鈥檚听influences running in heavy wind and rain. Despite all odds, he fought his听way through and was able to run 18.38 km / 11.42 mi.听

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鈥淭he听motivational content that was broadcast through the WFL mobile app kept me听going,鈥� Anthony reported after the race. 鈥淚t praised runners when going at a听good pace, and immediately urged to push harder when it noticed that one was听slowing down. The stories of people affected by spinal injuries also helped听keep me running鈥攏othing compared to the battle those guys are fighting.鈥�

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Our runners听in Slovakia did not join the flagship run in Vienna, Austria as usual,听but took part virtually close to our 青青草视频 site in Trnava. Peter听Lazicius, Strategic Sourcing Specialist, was their quickest participant with听18.29 km / 11.36 mi.听

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The听beautiful weather at their location not only ensured a positive atmosphere during听the run, but also afterwards, when the team came together for a well-deserved isotonic听sports drink. Some call it beer.听

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Ultimately,听the group finished 1,097th out of 7,604 participating teams. 206,728听total runners raised 鈧�5.8 million for spinal cord injury research. Our hats off!

Best听overall male and female runners were Jo Fukuda from Japan with 69 km / 43 mi听and Kasia Szkoda from Poland with 55 km / 34 mi.

Congratulations听to our teammates and thanks to everyone for going the #JMextraMile! We are听already looking forward to next year鈥檚 edition of Wings for Life.听