Run Like Leo - Virtual Event
About this race
8.17 Miles to send high schoolers on life-changing travel abroad programs 💪🏻 Move with Purpose, Empower Our Youth
This August, join the Live Like Leo Foundation for our annual 8.17 Miles Virtual Challenge, honoring Leo’s birthday on 8/17/25. From August 1–18, 2025, walk, jog, or run your way to supporting life-changing experiences for junior high school students.
🏃♀️ Move your way — anywhere, anytime.
Complete 8.17 miles at your pace — indoors or outside, solo or with friends. For the overachievers...Go the extra distance and aim for 17+ miles!
🌍 Why We Move
Every mile helps raise funds to send deserving students on transformative international travel programs. These journeys build confidence, expand worldviews, and inspire the next generation of global citizens and leaders.
🎽 Get our exclusive event t-shirt with registration
Please register to receive our exclusive event t-shirt (sketching of Leo woven into design, drawn by his cousin Sonali), show your support in style!
📱 ➡️ Share your progress and tag us with #RunLikeLeo @livelikeleofoundation to spread the word and inspire others to get involved.
Whether you’re moving for fitness, fun, or the cause, your steps make a real difference in a young person’s future.
👉🏻 Ready to move for a mission?
Sign up to participate or support by donating at www.livelikeleo.org/donate.
❤️ Stay tuned for details on in-person “Last Mile” meetups in Lafayette and Santa Cruz, California as we come together in remembrance and celebration of Leo’s life and legacy.
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Run Like Leo 2026
This is a virtual event, sign up and run, walk, move from the comfort of your own locale. Log your miles into the platform! Prizes will be issued to fastest miles reached, most miles reached, and more...
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2026 results — Run Like Leo - Virtual Event
Run Like Leo 2026 · 30 finishers
| Place | Name | Time | Pace |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Carol Snell | 146:20:00 | 112:45 /mi |
| 2 | O. White | — | — |
| 3 | Aparna Aswani | — | — |
| 4 | Trimaine Eley | 6:33:24 | 14:21 /mi |
| 5 | Rochelle Carr | 2:59:00 | 29:56 /mi |
Every finisher is on the results page, filterable by distance, gender and age group.
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Where this page comes from. Race details were last updated on . We re-check listings regularly and again in the week before race day.
- Entries, prices, waves and inclusions — the event's official registration page
- Temperature and humidity — Copernicus ERA5 reanalysis via Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)
- Elevation and terrain relief — Copernicus DEM GLO-90, ESA (CC BY 4.0)
- Comparisons and counts — Race Discovery calendar, 1 Bay Area - Hq event
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