Next stop: Tokyo 2027
We’re Todd and Melinda Wolfe. We run to challenge ourselves, share the journey, and help families who need support. For Tokyo 2027, we’re running with Team Continuum to help ease the everyday financial strain of childhood cancer—so families can focus on their children.
Impact
Since returning to racing in 2022, Todd and Melinda have raised more than $25,000 for charitable organizations, with much of that support benefiting children and families facing difficult circumstances.
Current campaign
On March 7, 2027, we’ll run the Tokyo Marathon with Team Continuum. The reason we’re asking for your support is simple: when a child is in cancer treatment, a family should be able to focus on care without the added weight of everyday bills.
Our Tokyo fundraising goal: $14,000. Donate any amount directly to Team Continuum, or sponsor a race mile from $500 to give your support a personal dedication.
Team Continuum provides non-medical assistance to pediatric cancer patients and their families. Its family assistance program helps with costs such as housing, utilities, transportation to treatment, and temporary lodging.
We believe giving back should make a tangible difference. Helping a family keep up with rent or get to a hospital appointment is a concrete way our running can serve someone else. We’ve supported Team Continuum through New York and Berlin; Tokyo is another chance to carry that commitment forward.
Why we run
Fitness, marriage, resilience, and service became connected one training run at a time.
Todd and Melinda’s running journey did not begin with a plan to complete the world’s greatest marathons. It began with a decision to get moving again after the pandemic interrupted the active lifestyle they had previously shared through Spartan racing and fitness.
The 2022 Rock ’n’ Roll Las Vegas Half Marathon gave them a reason to train and begin again. The Honolulu Marathon later that year showed them how far that renewed commitment could take them.
What began as a return to fitness gradually became something more meaningful: a shared mission to use difficult endurance challenges to raise money, support important causes, and encourage others to believe that it is never too late to begin a new chapter.
Journey timeline
Las Vegas, Nevada
After stepping away from Spartan races and structured fitness during the pandemic, Todd and Melinda returned to racing by completing the Rock ’n’ Roll Las Vegas Half Marathon. It was their opportunity to begin again together.
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Honolulu, Hawaii
Later that same year, Todd and Melinda took the next step by training for their first full marathon. Completing Honolulu proved that 26.2 miles was possible and launched the marathon journey that followed.
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Chicago, Illinois
Charity: St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
Todd and Melinda used the Chicago Marathon to raise money for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, turning endurance into a platform for charitable impact.
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New York City, New York
Charity: World Wildlife Fund and Team Continuum
Todd ran in support of the World Wildlife Fund while Melinda ran for Team Continuum, showing how one shared race could support two meaningful causes.
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London, United Kingdom
Todd and Melinda continued their global marathon journey by completing the London Marathon.
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Berlin, Germany
Charity: Team Continuum
Later in 2025, Todd and Melinda participated in the Berlin Marathon and raised money for Team Continuum.
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Chicago, Illinois
Charity: Mercy Home for Boys & Girls
Todd and Melinda completed the 2026 Chicago Marathon in support of Mercy Home for Boys & Girls. Thank you to everyone who supported this chapter of the journey.
Learn moreTokyo, Japan
Charity: Team Continuum
Todd and Melinda are running Tokyo 2027 with Team Continuum, helping families facing pediatric cancer meet the everyday costs that continue during treatment.
Learn moreChicago 2026 · Completed
Todd and Melinda completed the 2026 Chicago Marathon in support of Mercy Home for Boys & Girls. Thank you to everyone who helped make those miles matter. Explore the new race photos and celebrate this chapter with us.
See the Chicago recap & photos →