In The News – Former Navy SEAL organizes endurance race around Tahoe to end veteran suicide
August 1, 2025 | Member Submitted
Originally published in the Tahoe Daily Tribune, 08/01/2025, Written by Katelyn Welsh
In less than a month, a former Navy SEAL and 11 other highly trained veterans will embark on a 220-mile endurance race across Sierra Nevada mountains, including the Tahoe Rim Trail loop to cultivate awareness around the daily number of veteran suicides.
“We need Americans to know the issues that we face if we’re going to be able to solve them,” race founder and former Navy SEAL, Liam Cogan says. That’s why you’ll see 22 as a repeating number throughout the race parameters.
The inaugural event begins Aug. 22, involving veterans racing 22 miles ten times over, with a 22-pound pack—symbolizing carrying the burden of those 22 veterans who commit suicide every single day.