An epic fundraising event is nearly here.
Chistian Burke, 44, will attempt to run for 24 hours straight this weekend between the Hermosa Beach and Manhattan Beach piers - a stretch of 3.4 miles round trip. He has dubbed the run The HERMOSA 24.
Burke plans on logging more than 100 miles and is running to raise money for programs in the Hermosa Beach City School District, where his daughter, Halle, is in the sixth grade.
He'll be attempting to set a world record along the way. Burke's run coincides with Fiesta Hermosa, which will be held from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, Sunday and Monday.
The money Burke raises will be going to the Hermosa Beach Education Foundation. Specifically, 80 percent of it will go into the non-profit's general fund and the other 20 percent will be going into the foundation's endowment.
You can sign up to donate, and maybe even join Burke for a lap or two, at the base of the Hermosa Beach Pier. He'll start his run Sunday at noon.
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