GRANTS PASS, Ore. — UPDATE 5:24 PM: It was an emotional finish for Chris Walker as he arrived at DUO GYM Strength and Aesthetics Saturday afternoon. After lunging for a little over 15 hours from Rogue River to Grants Pass, Walker’s legs were shaking but the cheering and cries of support from a crowd of dozens pushed him to the finish line.
With a whopping 14,390 lunges performed, it’s a possible contender for the next world record in lunges but will have to be verified by Guinness before anything is made official. In the meantime, Walker is more focused on what this challenge did for the community and how it helped raise money to help create health workshops for young children.
By doing all this lunging, he hopes to raise awareness and help the community that has supported him.
“I just embarked on the hardest thing I’ve ever done and it took me to a whole other level where I realized anything is possible, especially when people have your back,” said Walker. “The support in the community is huge and that’s the only thing that got me across that finish line.”
A Grants Pass man is lunging across the Rogue Valley all to raise money for kids and increase awareness about fitness and healthy choices.
Chris Walker will be lunging from Rogue River to Grants Pass non-stop beginning Friday at midnight. That’s around 13,500 lunges. He said he hopes to raise funds for health workshops for youth and set a new world record.
“I’m doing this for the kids,” said Walker. “Just working with them and telling them they can be anything and just showing that hard work pays off. You can’t just wish it, you got to work for it and that’s the big goal… to show that it’s possible and to teach the youth about healthy food.”
Walker will be lunging out of his front door and will finish at DUO GYM Strength & Aesthetics in Grants Pass. He should reach his destination between one and three o’clock Saturday afternoon.
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