{"id":17433,"date":"2013-01-04T23:53:19","date_gmt":"2013-01-05T04:53:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/?p=17433"},"modified":"2013-01-04T23:53:19","modified_gmt":"2013-01-05T04:53:19","slug":"south-florida-mud-run-set-for-saturday-jan-12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/2013\/01\/south-florida-mud-run-set-for-saturday-jan-12\/","title":{"rendered":"South Florida Mud Run Set for Saturday, Jan. 12"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/south-florida-mud-run-set-for-saturday-jan-12\/rnyc\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-17434\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-17434\" title=\"RNYC\" src=\"http:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/RNYC.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/RNYC.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/RNYC-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Lee Memorial Health System Foundation announces the South Florida Mud Run-a three mile obstacle and mud-filled run-is set for Saturday, Jan. 12. The event will also feature half mile and one mile child-appropriate mud runs as well.<\/p>\n<p>Proceeds will be matched dollar for dollar thanks to the generosity of Mr. B. Thomas Golisano and will support construction of the new Golisano Children&#8217;s Hospital of Southwest Florida scheduled to open in 2016 on the grounds of HealthPark Medical Center in South Fort Myers.<\/p>\n<p>The run will take place at the Red Neck Yacht Club located at 44570 County Road 74 in Punta Gorda.\u00a0 Registration closes online on Jan. 10 at 5 p.m. EST.\u00a0 Registration fee is $75. Parking is $10. Food and beverage will be available for purchase on-site with proceeds going to the charity. Waves of 200 participants each will be scheduled at separate times from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The South Florida Mud Run was founded in early 2012 when founders Dustin Edwards and Stefanie Ink-Edwards decided to create a new type of fundraising event in South Florida. They wanted to create a unique fundraising event that not only would raise money for a worthy cause but did it in an active lifestyle and family-friendly way. Both of the Edwards&#8217; children, Owen, seven years old and Emelia six months old, spent time in hospital NICUs (Neonatal Intensive Care Units).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lee Memorial Health System Foundation announces the South Florida Mud Run-a three mile obstacle and mud-filled run-is set for Saturday, Jan. 12. The event will also feature half mile and&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[111],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17433"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17433"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17433\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17433"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17433"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17433"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}