Edward Norton’s marathon team or… Edward Norton’s marathon dream team?
Posted on October 30th, 2009 by Mike under nycAccording to the website Famespy, Edward Norton will be running his first New York City Marathon this Sunday to raise awareness and funds for Maasai Wilderness Conservation Trust, which works to preserve healthy ecosystems in East Africa.
Standard, right? Celebrity, seemingly insurmountable cause, arduous charitable task such as running. It’s all very nice in a sort of conventional way.
Norton refuses to be conventional…
He’s bringing along these dudes. Genuine Maasai warriors to run the race with him on Sunday - that’s two of them with Norton running last week in Central Park. Those sneakers bare a stark contrast to their usual running footwear…
David Blaine and Alanis Morrisette are also part of the team. I guess that’s cool.
Get more info, and check out the organization’s web-based fundraising effort at their website Maasaimarathon.com
November 3rd, 2009 at 3:08 pm
[...] I posted on Friday that Norton was running in his first ever marathon to raise money for Maasai Wilderness Conservation Trust in East Africa. According to Ecorazzi, that little initiative raised $763,000 - with Norton pulling in over 300 K himself! He even brought these dudes - actual Maasai he met while on an excursion to climb Mt. Kilimanjaro - over from Africa to run the race with him. [...]