West Point Cadet Plans 24-Hour Run

David Swanson, a cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, plans a 24-hour run around the Yukon High School track to raise dollars for the Wounded Warrior Project, a non-profit organization that supports soldiers wounded in the war in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Calling his project the 24 Hour Brigade (www.24hourbrigade.com), ultramarathoner Swanson invites area runners, walkers, mothers with strollers -- virtually anyone, to join him in his effort to raise money and support America's heroes with the Wounded Warrior Project (http://www.woundedwarriorproject.org/).

He is also soliciting sponsors to pledge dollars per mile he and others run during this twenty-four hour period, from 5:00 pm on Friday, March 20 to 5:00 pm March 21, 2009.

Swanson is the son of Randy Swanson, director of communications for the State Senate.

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