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The quick read: Penticton-area runner Cody Isted ran a self-paced ultramarathon from Penticton to Kelowna on October 17 in memory of his father, Art Isted, who died of ALS. The run raised money for Tri'ing to End ALS, which splits donations evenly between research and the ALS Society, and had raised 1,842 dollars and counting when Castanet reported it.

He ran it for his dad.

Penticton-area runner Cody Isted ran a self-paced ultramarathon from Penticton to Kelowna on October 17, in memory of his father, Art Isted, who died of ALS, according to Castanet.

As Isted put it: "This run is for my dad. I miss him."

Turning grief into something good

Castanet reports that Isted had spent much of the year angry at the disease, and decided to turn that anger into something positive.

He visited a research facility with his father in late 2024, and the ALS Society supplied hospital beds, lifts, wheelchairs and other equipment to his family at no cost while his father was sick.

That is the kind of help families remember long after the funeral, and it is part of why this run mattered to him.

Where the money goes

The money raised goes to Tri'ing to End ALS, which splits donations evenly between research and the ALS Society.

Isted had raised 1,371.41 dollars before the race, and the total had grown to 1,842 dollars and was still climbing when Castanet reported the story on October 20.

That is not a corporate fundraiser with a gala and a silent auction.

That is one man, putting one foot in front of the other for mile after mile, because he wanted to do a little bit of good with what his father taught him.

Families facing ALS know how brutal the disease is, and how much the small, practical things matter: a bed that works, a lift that helps, equipment that arrives without a bill attached.

Research matters for the long fight, and practical support matters for the families living through it right now, and this fundraiser backs both.

Sources: Castanet, Rob Gibson, October 20, 2026.

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