Official website dedicated to the coastal run by Stephen Moyer

ABOUT THE RUN

All my life I have wanted to run the east coast from Canada to Key West. This summer I am doing it

For a number of years I have wanted to undertake a grand expedition. When I first saw the film Forrest Gump I was drawn to the scenes where the title character began running in an attempt to reconcile the things in his life that were troubling him, and to more clearly define his sense of purpose. My parents, like many other adults, spent their adult lives working, saving, and planning for their twilight years…when they would be able to travel the world and connect with people and cultures that they never had the time or resources to meet during their early adult years. As fate would have it, my parents both developed life altering diseases before either of them had the opportunity to act on their life-long plans. My mother developed a form of dementia similar to Alzheimer's disease, and my father developed Parkinson's disease. These diagnoses underscored to me the importance of being vigilant about monitoring health, and helped me to prioritize taking better care of myself and the ones I love. It was only in November or 2013 that my wife Laurie was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis (MS).

All of these life events have crystallized in my mind the need to continue to spread the word to the wider community about how important monitoring your health is and how many everyday decisions can have lasting effects on your long term health and the quality of one's life. I turned fifty this past fall and feel as though I have a unique opportunity to share my story, both the good and the bad, and help people to see that even an old guy like me can maintain a high degree of health with good decisions, and a commitment to the cause. As a health teacher, as a coach, as a son, husband, father, and as a runner I would like to show the world what can be done…even at 50.