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==Methodology==
==Methodology==
Rauschenberg's original efforts to secure sponsorship to underwrite his cost of this project largely failed. He did secure free website hosting, free food from a local restaurant, and free shoes, but undertook the project without monetary support. He then contacted each race far in advance to seek publicity for his cause. Many of these marathons have their own charitable beneficiary, and in fact, Rauschenberg came in contact with [[L'Arche]] because it was the beneficiary of one of his first races. Even with publicity, the project did not generate funding for Rauschenberg or L'Arche because during the early months, it lacked credibility that the 52 marathon goal would be accomplished, and after the end of 2006, public interest in the project dropped quickly. In addition, many races have other beneficiaries, and many runners have their own charitable interests. Although the list of marathons could have been selected to better minimize travel expenses (e.g., eliminating trips to Cayman Islands, and Canada), the expenses in conducting such a project would inevitably exceed the funds raised for the charitable beneficiary.
Rauschenberg's efforts to secure sponsorship to underwrite his cost of this project were without success. He did secure small allocations (free food, free running shoes) but undertook the project without financial support. He contacted each race far in advance to seek publicity for his cause, many of which giving him a platform to speak, despite often being tied to their own charitable beneficiary. In fact, it was in contacing these marathons in the very beginning stages of planning that Rauschenberg first learned of [[L'Arche]]. [[L'Arche]] puts on its own marathon in [[Mobile, AL]] each year.


However, in spite of all of the difficulties faced, Rauschenberg raised over $43,000 for L'Arche as well as undeniable awareness for an organization relatively unknown to the general public. In addition, unlike other fundraising projects tied to running, L'Arche was the beneficiary of every dollar raised and was able to allocate those funds as it saw fit. All expenses normally paid by organizations in endevros such as this were paid by Rauschenberg out of pocket.
Typically, most runners engaged in a multiple-marathon project do it outside the context of charitable fundraising,<ref>http://mm.littlemarathon.com/ScoreCard.asp</ref> or seek pledge forms from donors at the outset promising a donation if the project goal is met. Rauschenberg started planning the project without a charity fundraising component, so when he adopted a charity several months into planning, it may have been too late to adopt the latter method. While the charity fundraising component assisted in gaining publicity for the project, by getting race directors to include fiddy2 participation in race press releases, it failed to raise the goal of $52,000 for L'Arche.


Rauschenberg also maintained a blog diary throughout the year, and made his own efforts to contact the media (particularly the running media) to gain publicity for the project.
Rauschenberg also maintained a blog diary throughout the year, and made his own efforts to contact the media (particularly the running media) to gain publicity for the project.

Revision as of 06:15, 10 November 2007

caption=Fiddy2 Was Dane Rauschenberg's fund raising effort for the organization L'Arche-Mobile.
caption=Fiddy2 Was Dane Rauschenberg's fund raising effort for the organization L'Arche-Mobile.


2006 Marathons
Date Marathon Name Time Place
01.08.06 Walt Disney World Marathon 3:48:18 1182
01.15.06 Legg Mason Funds First Light Marathon 3:28:29 22
01.21.06 Gold's Gym Orlando Xtreme Marathon 3:40:06 7 of 38
01.29.06 ING Miami Tropical Marathon 3:31:30 262
January Average 3:37:05
02.05.06 Ocala Marathon 3:28:39 20
02.12.06 Mercedes Marathon 3:27:35 79
02.19.06 Washington's Birthday Marathon 3:30:59 22
02.26.06 Bank of America Marathon 3:26:36 89
February Average 3:28:24
03.05.06 Little Rock Marathon 3:22:50 71
03.12.06 Lower Potomac River Marathon 3:22:29 11 of 129
03.19.06 Shamrock Marathon 3:18:41 138
03.25.06 National Marathon 3:16:31 51
March Average 3:20:07
04.02.06 Glass City Marathon 3:25:45 46
04.08.06 Ocean City Marathon 3:18:53 12
04.15.06 Charlottesville Marathon 3:31:49 27
04.23.06 French Lick to West Baden Marathon 3:18:16 7 of 58
04.30.06 Frederick Marathon 3:19:57 58
April Average 3:22:55
05.07.06 Potomac River Run Marathon 3:14:39 5 of 143
05.14.06 Mississauga Marathon 3:16:39 103
05.21.06 Delaware Marathon 3:13:52 22
05.28.06 Buffalo Marathon 3:29:03 80
May Average 3:18:34
06.04.06 Deadwood Mickelson Trail Marathon 3:26:59 17
06.10.06 Hatfield & McCoy Marathon 3:16:24 6
06.18.06 Estes Park Marathon 3:36:19 13
06.24.06 Pacific Crest Marathon 3:16:58 10
June Average 3:24:10
07.01.06 Leadville Trail Marathon 5:17:41 49
07.09.06 SEAFAIR Marathon 3:23:52 47
07.16.06 Paul Bunyan Marathon 3:26:14 21
07.23.06 Nova Scotia Marathon 3:19:25 3
07.30.06 San Francisco Marathon 3:19:44 148
July Average 3:45:24
08.05.06 Frank Meier Marathon 3:16:50 5
08.12.06 Paavo Nurmi Marathon 3:18:11 27
08.20.06 Silver State Marathon 3:22:30 6
08.26.06 Park City Marathon 3:24:10 17
August Average 3:20:25
09.03.06 New Mexico Marathon 3:13:31 11
09.10.06 Erie Marathon at Presque Isle 3:10:17 19
09.17.06 Rochester Marathon 3:16:20 349
09.24.06 Quad Cities Marathon 3:12:25 29
September Average 3:13:08
10.01.06 Johnstown Marathon 3:05:10 7
10.08.06 Crazy Horse Marathon 3:13:32 3
10.15.06 Des Moines Marathon 3:10:12 54
10.22.06 Niagara Falls Marathon 2:59:48 30
10.29.06 Marine Corps Marathon 3:03:54 191
October Average 3:06:32
11.05.06 New York City Marathon 3:05:43 1202
11.11.06 Richmond Marathon 3:12:38 78
11.19.06 Philadelphia Marathon 3:11:13 430
11.25.06 Northern Central Trail Marathon 3:09:54 18
November Average 3:09:52
12.03.06 Cayman Islands Marathon 3:24:35 5
12.10.06 Dallas White Rock Marathon 3:09:36 121
12.17.06 Jacksonville Marathon 3:10:20 51
12.23.06 Drake Well Marathon 3:07:38 1 of 20
12.31.06 Run for the Ranch Marathon 3:07:42 3 of 50
December Average 3:11:58

Fiddy2 was Dane Rauschenberg's project to run one marathon every weekend in 2006 (52 marathons in total). He started the project without a charity fund-raising goal, but added the Mobile, Alabama chapter of L'Arche as beneficiary "a few months into planning" the project.[1] Raising $42,588.40 to date (July 2007), Rauschenberg continues to attempt raise his $52,000 goal through his website Fiddy2. The website also states that he has become an official spokesperson for Ripley's Believe It or Not.

Significance

While, Rauschenberg's attempt to run a marathon every weekend in one calendar year appears to be the third successful attempt at this particular task,[citation needed] there appears to be no one who has run such a schedule in faster times.[citation needed] With an overall marathon average of 3:21:16 Rauschenberg ran his fastest marathon of the year in his 42nd marathon of the year (2:59:48). Because of the lack of marathons on Christmas weekend, Rauschenberg had to organize his own marathon race on a high school track to meet his 52-week goal. The difficulty of finding marathons on all 52 weekends of the year makes this project atypical. Some runners attempted a comparable goal of running 50 marathons distances in 50 weeks in 50 different states.[2][3] Many commentators have compared this venture to that Chuck Engle, who ran 50 marathons in 2006 on 50 weekends, all in under 3 hours but who did so professionally while not actively raising money for a particular charity.[4]

Methodology

Rauschenberg's efforts to secure sponsorship to underwrite his cost of this project were without success. He did secure small allocations (free food, free running shoes) but undertook the project without financial support. He contacted each race far in advance to seek publicity for his cause, many of which giving him a platform to speak, despite often being tied to their own charitable beneficiary. In fact, it was in contacing these marathons in the very beginning stages of planning that Rauschenberg first learned of L'Arche. L'Arche puts on its own marathon in Mobile, AL each year.

However, in spite of all of the difficulties faced, Rauschenberg raised over $43,000 for L'Arche as well as undeniable awareness for an organization relatively unknown to the general public. In addition, unlike other fundraising projects tied to running, L'Arche was the beneficiary of every dollar raised and was able to allocate those funds as it saw fit. All expenses normally paid by organizations in endevros such as this were paid by Rauschenberg out of pocket.

Rauschenberg also maintained a blog diary throughout the year, and made his own efforts to contact the media (particularly the running media) to gain publicity for the project.

References

  1. ^ http://www.coolrunning.com/forums/Forum9/HTML/001605.shtml Retrieved 2007-11-3.
  2. ^ http://mm.littlemarathon.com/ScoreCard.asp
  3. ^ http://starbulletin.com/2006/07/13/news/story07.html Sam Thompson in 50 days.
  4. ^ http://chuckengle.com/Events/TheSchedule.cfm
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