An 18-Year-Old Ran Barefoot Across the US

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An eighteen year old girl from Iowa has just become the youngest person to run solo across the United States. Rae Heim ran for an eight month period, logging a total of 3,437.5 miles from Boston to Huntington Beach, California. But wait, there's more: even more impressive is that she completed this achievement barefoot.

This amazing story doesn't end there. Heim decided to partner with Soles4Souls, a nonprofit which helps to distribute shoes to those in need throughout the world. Two weeks before the end of her trek, Heim had raised enough for 10,000 pairs of shoes to be donated. Rae says she was “running barefoot so kids don’t have to.”

For more on this incredibly motivational story, visit Run Rae Run.

[Runner's World]

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