Five Oaks teacher runs 216-mile relay -- solo -- in honor of former Beaverton student with leukemia
Published: Friday, August 06, 2010, 9:00 AM Updated: Friday, August 06, 2010, 11:00 AM
View full sizeBeaverton teacher Eric Salkeld poses with 14-year-old Levi Seed at the finish of the Cascade Lakes Relay on Sunday. Salkeld ran the entire 216-mile course through central Oregon as a tribute to Seed, who was diagnosed with leukemia in 2008. The effort also spawned a fundraiser for the Portland-based Children's Cancer Association.Consider this: The 35-year-old Beaverton teacher once made the 60-mile trip from his Tigard home to Mount Hood on foot, in about 10 hours.
"That's a training run," he said.
Salkeld recites another running loop that takes him from Tigard to Newberg, through Bald Peak State Park to Hillsboro, then to downtown Portland and back to Tigard. Another 60-miler.
Sometimes, Salkeld wakes up at 3 a.m. to run the equivalent of a marathon, then completes his work day. Oh, and he teaches a fitness class, too.
"It's embarrassing in a lot of ways," Salkeld said of his Herculean training
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