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bill Rancic To Run NYC Marathon, Hopes To Raise $25k For Breast Cancer
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TV personality and businessman Bill Rancic is running a marathon in a way he has never run a marathon before. He is no stranger to marathons and ran his first twenty-six mile marathon at the age of twenty-eight and then again at thirty. Now he is forty-two, married with children and has been extremely busy with work. That is not all that is different about his participation in the New York City Marathon this year – he will be starting in dead last on purpose.
Rancic will be beginning the marathon in last place and for each individual he passes Timex has agreed to donate $1 to the breast cancer charity Fab-U-Wish. Fab-U-Wish was started by Rancic’s wife, Guiliana. She is a breast cancer survivor so the cause is very close to his heart.
“It was an opportunity to raise money for a good charity, something that’s near and dear to our heart,” Rancic told CBSNews.com of why he signed up for the race.
Not only is the charity important to him, but he is also viewing this marathon as a challenge since he is now in his forties. He is hoping to pass at least 25,000 people and subsequently raise $25,000. He was originally shooting to finish in four hours as well, but he may not be able to pull it off because he has been traveling all week for work.
“A month ago I said I wanted to come in at 4 [hours], but now, I don’t know. It’s gonna be touch and go,” he said. “I’ve had just a crazy week of traveling and business stuff and, it depends on if I can get some good rest the next couple of days.”
