RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) -- For Jalen Snipes, it's the end of a journey not for the faint of heart - starting a run at the Raleigh Central Fire Station, he's planning to run 150 miles to Charlotte in the span of just two days.

"Once it became a passion, I couldn't put the shoes down," he said.

He's been training every day, running 10-12 miles at Lassiter Mill Park in Raleigh.

It's passion born from pain. When Jalen was just 11 years old, his family's home in Greensboro was burned down.

"The house was engulfed in flames, it was struck by lightning, two inches away from the gas line," he said. "It was a tough thing to kind of watch the family memories torn into ashes, but at the same time but those ashes made me the man I am today.

The one memory he had was of the firefighters who ran into

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