.."the Wings for Life World Run kicks off on May 4th, at 10am UTC. It will be the first ever truly global running race, happening as it does on 37 distinct courses, in 35 countries, on 6 continents simultaneously! " ... 100% of the proceeds from the race will be donated to the Wings for Life Foundation, which is working towards making the debilitating effects of spinal cord injury a thing of the past. Over three million people around the world are living with a spinal cord injury and every year at least 130,000 more sustain a traumatic spinal cord injury.