The Inaugural (and Crowd-Funded) Destin Marathon

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In the summer of 2015, a race company opted to try something different. They opened an indiegogo campaign to crowdfund a marathon in their hometown of Destin, Florida. Within 40 days, they amassed $57,000, exceeding their target goal and became the World’s First Crowdfunded Marathon. The best summary I can give comes from their own […]

Crowd Support

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Yesterday I received an unexpected surprise. I suppose surprises are by definition unexpected, but this was a doubly unexpected surprise. I opened this package and what should I discover but a SportHooks Seven Continents Club medal hanger! Two of my Table44 shipmates, Kerry and Jean Groce, sent it to me to commemorate my Seven Continents […]