Cocoa Beach to Clearwater Beach 1st Annual Coast to Coast Solo Run

Gerhard Treviranus from Campbell City , FL and member of the St. Cloud Pavement Pounders running club, recently accomplished an amazing feat. He ran from Cocoa Beach to Clearwater Beach , only stopping to eat and change clothes. The run took 67 hours to complete, through the rain, wind and cold. Gerhard accepted pledges and donations all to help increase funding and awareness for the Sunshine Foundation Dream Village in Davenport , FL.

What we accomplished this weekend I think shows everyone, even a handyman who is just an average runner can, with the right support, accomplish great things” said Gerhard. Many of his friends and other members of the running club accompanied and/or checked in on him throughout the run, giving him moral support, making him laugh, and helping him to finish. “The moral of this story is; if you have friends by your side, anything is possible”






Gerhard raised $775 with his first run for the Sunshine Foundation. One of Gerhard’s friends who supported him along the way, Gary Batty, also a member of the St. Cloud Pavement Pounders, will be running a marathon in the Florida Keys in May to benefit the Sunshine Foundation Dream Village .



The Dream Village is celebrating 20 years and 20,000 dreams answered of chronically ill, seriously ill, physically challenged and abused children. The Dream Village houses the children whose only wish is to visit the Central Florida theme parks. For more information call 863-424-4188 or visit www.sunshinefoundation.org.