Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche with a supporter at the Napa Valley Marathon in March, 2008.  photo by Andrea Roth

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"With a body made joyous through movement, the mind is able to relax. With mind/body balance, we can take the power of feeling good and generate compassion." -- Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche

The Sakyong is holding this new and special running event in the morning of July 20, (Shambhala Peace Day at the Great Stupa) for the benfit of Konchok Foundation,  which is building a shedra for the monastery at Surmang Dutsi til in Tibet  (The original seat of  his father, Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche)    for monks and nuns as well as lay people.  All proceeds from this year's Trail Race will go to this worthy project.  To find out more about the race, please go to: Peace Run At The Great Stupa

PLEASE SPONSOR RUNNERS IN THIS RACE TO HELP THE SURMANG SHEDRA!!

Anyone who is running this race can have their name, short comments (aspirations, etc) and request for sponsorship  listed on this web page.  (Please see below!!!)

We will keep this page updated for each runner's sponsorships.  Pledges and donations can be in amounts per Kilometers  for the 5 K or the 15 K race.    

Runners!!  To be featured on this page, after you have registered for the race, please send me your name and comments,  to ginnylipson@comcast.net .  I will need to enter your information manually onto this page.  As your friends and relatives make pledges or donations in your support, I will  likewise manually enter that information by your name.

To pledge or donate to a runner, please click on DONATE NOW.  there should be a place on the donation form for comments.  If you can't find that, please just make your donation and email me to let me know,  etc.  ginnylipson@comcast.net

THANK YOU!!!

Runners who are actively seeking pledges for their efforts to run this race

Bob Sutherland 15 K run