RCTC Volunteer Plans for Big Miles...

RCTC Volunteer Plans for Big Miles...

Along with big donations to a worthwhile charity

My name is Alex Prizzi, and I'm a local Pittsburgh ultra runner and RCTC volunteer. Last year, I completed my first 200-mile event at the Cocodona 250, while fundraising for the Barth Syndrome Foundation. Many folks from the RCTC community supported me.
This year, I'm partnering with "Back on My Feet, (BoMF) as the beneficiary of my upcoming races.  BoFM uses running as a tool to help people break the cycles of addiction and homelessness. BoMF operates in 16 major cities across the U.S. and has helped more than 15,000 of our brothers and sisters impacted by these hardships. I've personally been to their groups in both Baltimore and Washington D.C., and it was a moving experience.
       
I'll be attempting to complete all four of Destination Trail's 200+mile events in 2025: 
  • April: Arizona Monster 300
  • June: Tahoe 200 
  • August: Bigfoot 200 
  • October: Moab 240 
Having the Rachel Carson Trail so close to my front door has been a game changer for my race prep. If there's one thing I've learned over the years it's, "If you can maintain your pace on the RCT; you can maintain your pace anywhere." 
          
If you'd like to learn more about Back on My Feet and how to support my fundraiser, please check out my Fundraising Page.  There are three different ways to support this effort. We're accepting direct donations, and we've also partnered with both Pro Bike+ Run and Path Projects who will be donating 15% of purchases back to BoMF.
      
As a special thank you to the RCTC community, I will be gifting 1,000 RCTC Karma points to four random donors. Two donors will be gifted karma on 3/31/25, just ahead of the next drawing. Two more donors will be gifted 1,000 Karma points after I get back from the Moab 240 in October. All you need to do is make a donation and place "RCTC" in the Recognition Name field on the donation page. You will receive one entry in the drawing for every $20 you donate ($60 = 3 entries). Please make sure to use the same email as you have on your account for https://my.rachelcarsontrails.org/, so I can gift you the Karma.
All details can be found on my Fundraising Page.