"The first known walkathon was held in San Juan, Puerto Rico in 1953 by the most famous and influential actor/comedian in the history of Puerto Rico, Ramón Rivero, better known as Diplo. He walked 80 miles (from the capital city of San Juan to Ponce,
on the other side of the island, to raise money for the Liga
Puertorriqueña Contra el Cáncer (the Puerto Rican League Against
Cancer). In that wakathon, Ramón Rivero raised the equivalent of $85,000
in four days. The walkathon turned into a historical event that became
part of the collective consciousness of Puerto Ricans all over the
world, and has been copied several times since, including in 2009, when
the League, in memory of the first event, did a 'Diplo Returns to San
Juan' walkathon, raising almost $200,000." Wikipedia
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