TAJI 100 INCORPORATED

Taji 100 is an annual personal challenge to cumulatively run/walk/hike 100 miles, cycle 300, swim 25 or row 200,000m in the 28 days of February.

While the physical challenge is indeed an accomplishment, the true challenge is finding the time in our busy lives. Its prioritizing what truly important in our 86,400 seconds of the day. Its making the commitment to a long term goal. Its setting an honorable example for others. Its staying truthful to a promise we’ve made to ourselves. Commitment. Honor. Integrity.

100 Miles. 28 Days. 1 Mission.

Taji 100 is a registered 501(c)3. Each year, Taji 100 selects a US Military/ Veteran oriented charity to support. A portion of each registration sale is donated to the chosen organization. Our 2021 event raised over $100,000 for Team RWB. Cumulatively, Taji 100 has raised over $500,000 for veteran charities.

To learn more about the 2022 Event charity, Team RWB, please visit teamrwb.org .

The first Taji 100 was held at former Camp Taji, in Al Taji, Iraq, in February of 2010. The once-thriving American military base was located in a rural region approximately 20 miles north of Baghdad. During the Saddam years, the camp was an Iraqi Republican Guard base central to the production of chemical weapons. Camp Taji was heavily bombed during Operation Desert Fox, and came under American control in 2003.

Captain Carole DiPardo, 211th Military Police Battalion, created the friendly competition for her fellow troops in Camp Taji with a simple goal: Run 100 miles during the month of February. Although DiPardo originally established the challenge to promote cardiovascular health and fitness, the run was also instrumental in helping stationed U.S. service members relieve stress and boredom during what were often long and tedious deployments. With nearly 300 registered runners and walkers its first year, the inaugural Taji 100 was a huge success.

Paul Fukuma, Executive Director and Chairman of Taji 100, was a participant in the first challenge while serving as a US Army Combat Medic in Taji. To help others follow through with their New Year’s health and fitness resolutions, he organized the first stateside Taji 100 in 2011. Fukuma says, “I see most people’s New Year’s Resolution motivation start to fade after only a month. This challenge will help to keep those fitness promises and hopefully get people over that slump in motivation.”