{"id":5561,"date":"2017-04-15T06:56:34","date_gmt":"2017-04-15T13:56:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jacksangelsfoundation.com\/?p=5561"},"modified":"2017-04-15T07:30:08","modified_gmt":"2017-04-15T14:30:08","slug":"roy-wiegand-going-the-extra-mile-for-kids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jacksangelsfoundation.com\/?p=5561","title":{"rendered":"Roy Wiegand:  Going the Extra Mile for Kids"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_5562\" style=\"width: 416px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/CCTR4-13-17\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5562\" class=\"wp-image-5562 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/jacksangelsfoundation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/CCTR4-13-17.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"406\" height=\"252\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jacksangelsfoundation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/CCTR4-13-17.jpg 406w, https:\/\/jacksangelsfoundation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/CCTR4-13-17-300x186.jpg 300w, https:\/\/jacksangelsfoundation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/CCTR4-13-17-242x150.jpg 242w, https:\/\/jacksangelsfoundation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/CCTR4-13-17-150x93.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 406px) 100vw, 406px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5562\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">click here to download podcast<\/p><\/div>\n<p>On April 13 2017 Childhood Cancer Talk Radio interviewed Roy Wiegand of Burbank CA, suburb of Los Angeles, a local free-lance \u00a0musician\u00a0with an evolving career as ultra-distance runner and advocate for children with cancer. \u00a0Roy began running later in life in his early forties, and has been &#8220;ultra-running&#8221; for about 7 years now, prompted initially by his association through his church with an Ethiopian gentleman who was visiting to raise awareness for the urgent need for clean water access in his native country. \u00a0 This inspired his church to host a 100-mile bike ride with\u00a0Roy leading the effort to make this event a staple fundraiser for the charity Lifewater, and challenge to riders with at 12,000 foot gain in elevation for the event.<\/p>\n<p>Running for causes came naturally to Roy so that when he came across the Wilke family and their son Christopher, a boy-scout friend of Roy&#8217;s son who had been diagnosed with a rare form of cancer with little hope for survival, he was inspired to run and raise funds for the local foundation supporting the Wilke family in their struggle. \u00a0The Michael Hoefflin Foundation in Santa Clarita, CA, supports local families fighting childhood cancer in Southern California, and Roy has now run to raise funds for the foundation for the past four years. \u00a0June 14th 2017 he will run his fourth ultra-distance run, this being 131 miles&#8211;his longest run yet&#8211;to support the Michael Hoefflin Foundation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On April 13 2017 Childhood Cancer Talk Radio interviewed Roy Wiegand of Burbank CA, suburb of Los Angeles, a local free-lance \u00a0musician\u00a0with an evolving career as ultra-distance runner and advocate for children with cancer. \u00a0Roy began running later in life in his early forties, and has been &#8220;ultra-running&#8221; 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