# Guardian team runs in Second Life virtual marathon

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2007/04/01/guardian-team-runs-second-life-virtual-marathon/
- Published: 2007-04-01T23:00:00+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

Guardian gamesblog journalist Aleks Krotoski is to be team captain for The Guardian’s
Second Life Relay for Life run, to raise funds for the American Cancer Society.

She’ll be dressing up as a giant panda and running a marathon backwards. To ensure
it is a marathon effort – running 26 miles in a virtual world doesn’t sound too 
taxing – the marathon runners have to run for 24 hours!

She is encouraging readers to join in and take part in a relay team. She has even
offered to donate 200 Linden Dollars (Second Life’s currency) to anyone who signs
up to run with the gamesblog team.

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Everyone who sponsors Krotoski will have their names listed on her panda suit for
the duration of the event.

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