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Charity Miles: Feel Good About Running

You can raise money for your favorite charity each time you walk, run, or bike.

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We've made it into February, and we're ever-so-slowly seeing bursts of nicer weather. (Let me knock on wood about that real quick.) Many of us probably made that dreaded New Year's Resolution of getting in shape again but didn't stick to the gym because it was overcrowded with everyone who had the same resolution.

As nicer weather approaches, cut the gym and start putting in work outside and raising money for a charity of your choice with Charity Miles.

Charity Miles is a running, cycling, and walking tracker app that tracks how many miles you've covered during your fitness routine. Plus, Charity Miles also earns money for charity on your behalf for every mile you move, via brand fitness exercise sponsors like Humana, Johnson & Johnson, and Chobani!

This is no joke. You can raise money for your favorite charity each time you walk, run, or bike indoors or outdoors! Let's talk about motivation to go that extra mile!

When Charity Miles first began, its developers had an initial pool of $1 million to donate to the charities of the app user's choice. Since then, the money has run out, but Charity Miles had a plan to continue their "do-good" by reaching out to corporations to become sponsors to make donations on the app user's behalf. Who wouldn't sign up to help a company for one, get our population active and two, benefit charities in need.

With each mile that you run or walk, you make 25 cents per mile for your charity; biking earns 10 cents per mile. You can get started immediately without telling the app anything about yourself if you're in a rush, but like other apps, you are able to sign-up with your e-mail or with Facebook as well. As long as you have your location setting on, you're able to use it anywhere/anytime - if your phone isn't dead, of course! We're talking while you're walking the dog, while your walking across campus, running a marathon, or just putting in a few miles for yourself.

You have the chance to benefit one of the following charities anytime you use the app:

A list full of amazing charities, and you don't have to stick to just one. Anytime you open the app for a new run/walk/bike adventure, you can select any one of the charities, and the next time, you can select another to benefit!

Charity Miles has also been recognized for several awards:

  • Women’s Running Magazine’s Best Overall App
  • Men’s Fitness Magazine’s Game Changer of the Year
  • Winner of the SXSW People’s Choice Award
  • Winner of a 2014 Webby Award

Download (iPhone or Android) or today and get to moving and making a difference, at the same time!

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