Local Runners Raise Funds For Veterans

Local runners recently trekked on foot from Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, to Washington, D.C., in order to raise funds for a group that supports wounded veterans.

A team of 12 runners from Fitness Together studios -- lead by Rick Coe, owner of the Bethesda, Rockville and Potomac studios, and  Matt McKinnis, owner of the Fitness together studios in Alexandria, Georgetown and Scott Circle -- ran all day, through the night, and into the next day from Gettysburg's Civil War battlefields to the historic monuments in the District. The effort was a part of the American Odyssey Relay Run Adventure.

 The runners raised $4,000 for Team Red, White, and Blue, a group that supports re-integration of wounded veterans returning home from the Middle East.