450-Mile Run to Pass Through Cecil County

Frank Fumich started running toward Boston Tuesday morning, and he will pass over the Conowingo Dam on the way.

Fumich, of Arlington, VA, and his friend Matt Nelson of Lake Worth, FL, are running from Washington, DC, to the finish line of the Boston Marathon—about 450 miles—to raise money for bombing victims.

Their route began at the Pentagon’s 9/11 Memorial Tuesday morning and will take the pair through Cecil County approximately 80 miles into their run.

They will take US Route 1 across the Susquehanna River from Harford County and proceed to Rising Sun through MD Route 273.

With a goal of raising $100,000, Fumich and Nelson have already raised more than $55,000 online. (To donate and learn more, see their website at standunitedrununited.org.)

The money they raise will go to the family of Martin Richard, an 8-year-old boy who was killed in the marathon bombings, and to Jeffrey Bauman, who lost both legs in the bombing and was integral in identifying the Boston marathon bombing suspects.

You can follow Fumich’s progress on Twitter through @endurancetrust on Twitter and by using the Twitter hashtag #dc2bos.

A description of the full route is also available—the duo plans to run through Washington, DC; Baltimore; Philadelphia; Wilmington, DE; Princeton, NJ; Newark; New York City (through Ground Zero); Hopkinton, MA; and Boston.

Follow Fumich and Nelson via GPS here.

Fumich and Nelson will have a “chase” vehicle with them for medical support, food and shelter.

In late April, Fumich ran the equivalent of three consecutive marathons in Northern Virginia to raise money for the Richard’s family and Bauman.

“I’ve run tons of races,” Fumich told The Washington Post, “and I know how easily it could have been my family standing at the finish line. When I heard about the little boy being killed and his family being injured, it blew me away. I’m a runner, we run for causes, and that’s why I’m doing it.”

Fumich runs a couple of marathons every month and has competed in the Virginia Triple Iron Triathlon, according to a Washington Post profile.