North Vancouver athlete proves you don’t need a moustache to make a difference in Movember
Posted November 23, 2020 7:49 pm.
VANCOUVER (NEWS 1130) – There is just one week left in Movember, but you don’t have to grow a moustache to make a difference. Take Stephen Lang for instance, the North Vancouver-based athlete and adventurer is pledging to take one million steps this month to help spread the word about men’s health.
“I thought, what is it that I can do, outside of growing a moustache, which I’m not very good at, and because I love sports so much, I decided to run a thousand kilometres and I thought that would be a good number to raise some great awareness and funds for this awesome charity.”
“A thousand kilometres is about 33 kilometres a day, give or take, in 20 days,” he explains. “Some days, I’m doing 50 or 70, so I’m definitely pushing myself.”
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Lang says he is blown away by the response he has received so far. “Everyone knows that I love to run and bike and ski and do all these sports. The thing I find interesting though is, on my donation page, is most of the donations I’ve received so far are actually from women who are mothers of sons. So, I just want to bring awareness that it is okay [for men] to ask for help and hope to encourage others to do so.”
To find out more about Movember, head to the campaign home page.
