Countdown to ACE Marathon 2012

The ACE Marathon began in 2002 when a small group of ACE teachers decided they were crazy enough and dedicated enough to run 26.2 miles to raise money for one of ACE’s neediest schools, St. Malachy, in South Central Los Angeles. Over the course of the year, this small yet committed group raised enough money to keep the doors of St. Malachy open--and a new ACE tradition was born.

Since that start in LA over nine years ago, the ACE Marathon has made stops in New Orleans, Austin, Tampa Bay, Birmingham, Ft. Worth, Pensacola, and Phoenix, and has raised nearly $300,000 for ACE schools along the way. Last year alone, runners in the Phoenix marathon raised over $27,000 for St.Therese Catholic School as well as the various schools at which the ACE runners teach. As you can see from the picture above, they were none the worse for wear!

Want to learn more? Visit the marathon website.