Derek Lalonde is attempting to break the
Guinness World record for the fastest 50-kilometre run on a
treadmill all in the sake of raising awareness for blood
donation.
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Lalonde started his run at 11 am Tuesday
morning at Bodyworks Fitness and Wellness Centre hoping to
break American Geoff Weber's current record of three hours
41 minutes and 53 seconds.
Lalonde is a worker with Canadian Blood
Services in Sudbury, and sees the lack of blood donors every
day.
"I wanted to do something for cancer and
to raise awareness about donating blood," said the 33 year
old. "To help, people don't have to give money. They
can give blood, and they should learn more about blood
donation. Blood and blood products, among other things, go to
help cancer patients."
