amNewYork.com reports that Eric Gelber, the ultramarathoner is attempting to run 200 miles around Central Park this week — all in the name of finding a cure for multiple myeloma, a rare blood cancer.
Since 2007, the 49-year-old executive vice president at CBRE Real Estate in Manhattan has raised more than $800,000 for the Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation (MMRF) through more than 20 ultramarathons (anything longer than a traditional marathon, or 26.2 miles) and six marathons, including two previous 200-mile runs around Central Park. He’s hoping this weekend’s event will push him over the $1 million mark.
Gelber’s fundraiser, called Journey Towards a Cure, has drawn the attention of Tribeca Digital Studios, which is currently filming a documentary about it. His previous two Central Park runs, in 2013 and 2014, also brought out hundreds of fellow runners, and Gelber expects even more this weekend as he attempts to make it 33 times around the park for 200 miles.
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