Keri, who blogs 500 Miles 2 Nowhere, is blogging Blogathon 2006 to raise money for a cancer cure. Keri runs every day in honor of someone who has been diagnosed with cancer, raising money for cancer research that will lead to a cure. Fueled by coffee, and a laptop, she will spend part of the blogathon as a traveling blogger blogging every 30 minutes for the next 24 hours.

The birth of the Blogathon began in 2000, when blogger Cat Conner had an idea to blog Frytopia every 15 minutes for a continuous 24 hours. She watched movies, drank Mountain Dew and made 96 posts. After Connor successfully managed to accomplish the personal challenge of maniac marathon insomniac blogger madness, she decided it might make for a good fundraiser. Bloggers found sponsors and the Blogathon was on.

This is Keri's first Blogathon. Her charity of choice won't surprise any of her friends. Through her own blogging effort to keep blogging solid for the next 24 hours, she is raising money for the ACS Relay For Life of Hudson. If you have a minute, pop on in -- she promises words and photos and all things blogathon.