World record run aids schools [PHOTOS]
[imagebrowser=11]Hermosa ultra-endurance athlete Christian Burke, 44, was moving slowly through his “normal, after-hellish-race recovery” a day after a world record 83.04-mile run in soft sand, which raised more than $9,000 for the city schools. With friends and supporters alternating to run alongside, Burke began his 24-hour fundraising run at noon Sunday, making the 3.4-mile round trip between the Hermosa and Manhattan Beach piers over and over again. He broke the old Guinness Book of World Records soft sand run mark of 62.14 miles about 3 a.m. Monday, and went about 20 miles more to bury the old record deep beneath his bare feet. He made the pier-to-pier circuit a total of 20 times, while people gave to the Hermosa Beach Education Foundation both with cash and through Hermosa24.com, a website that will continue to accept donations.“I can’t tell you how thrilled I was about the turnout, everybody getting together and running along the sand, hooting and hollering, from pier to pier,” he said. “It was really exciting to be a part of it.” The next day he reported “bumps, bruises, a swollen ankle, sores everywhere, a torn-up calf,” but “nothing lasting, so that’s good. Just a…
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