'Regis & Kelly's Run Across America with Dean Karnazes' Comes to Phoenix

'Regis & Kelly's Run Across America with Dean Karnazes' Comes to Phoenix

LIVE's Most Ambitious Endeavor Yet Features Ultra-Athlete Dean Karnazes Running Coast-to-Coast to Inspire America And Raise Funds for Action For Healthy Kids

Local 5K Event will take place Sunday, March 6, 2011 At Tempe Towne Lake

NEW YORK, March 2, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- "LIVE! with Regis and Kelly" has teamed up with ultramarathon runner, author and motivator Dean Karnazes for "Regis & Kelly's Run Across America with Dean Karnazes," a coast-to-coast challenge designed to inspire Americans to get up, get active and get healthy. As part of the "Run Across America," Dean will host a series of 5K runs across the U.S. benefiting the charity Action For Healthy Kids, including an event in the Phoenix area on Sunday, March 6, 2011, 7:30 a.m. at Tempe Towne Lake.

Local runners are invited to come out and join Karnazes as he pauses in the midst of his nearly 3,000 mile run to participate in the special local 5K. Interested runners can register by logging on to LiveRegisAndKelly.com and clicking on the "Run Across America" logo.

"Regis & Kelly's Run Across America with Dean Karnazes" is the popular morning talk show's most ambitious undertaking yet. Beginning in Southern California on February 25 with a spectacular kick-off event at The Disneyland Resort, Karnazes is undertaking the unthinkable: he's running nearly 3,000 miles, averaging an unbelievable 40-50 miles daily, nearly the equivalent of two marathons every day. From California, he's making his way cross-country through the Southwest, passing through Arizona and New Mexico on his way to America's Heartland. After running through Kansas, Missouri, Indianapolis and Ohio, he'll head down to the nation's capital, then travel north through Maryland and Pennsylvania, before completing his journey in mid-May when he runs into LIVE's New York City studio, live on the air.

In addition to sending an important message about health and fitness, the run also will benefit Action for Healthy Kids®, the nation's leading nonprofit and largest volunteer network fighting childhood obesity and undernourishment. Action for Healthy Kids helps schools become healthier places and teaches kids to eat right, be active every day and ready to learn.

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