KNOXVILLE, MD — Four troopers with the West Virginia State Police will be partaking in an event where he will run until his body physically cannot move any more.

The four will be part of the “Last One Standing” challenge on May 31 in Knoxville, Maryland, where troopers run to raise money to support the West Virginia Child Advocacy Network (WVCAN).

The challenge consists of a 4.16-mile course that is run by troopers every hour until they are no longer able to run.

“It is as tough and grueling as it sounds, but they’re doing it for a good cause,” First Sargent Kyle Totten said last week on MetroNews Midday.

Totten says the donations will go to the children that need help the most in the state.

“To those who aren’t familiar with that program or those entities, those are centers where children who are victims of crime — whether it be sexual abuse, sexual assault, neglect, crimes of those nature — that’s where those children are interviewed by forensic interviewers and then allow we, as law enforcement, to begin building cases to prosecute offenders that take advantage of children,” Totten said.

Trooper First Class Carlton Smith is one of the four participants from the West Virginia State Police. He says he’s been training for the challenge as much as he can.

“I’ve done everything I could. I’ve been running just about every day and I’m going to give it my all,” Smith said. ”

“There’s extra motivation knowing what we’re running for and giving ourselves a positive reason to go out there and fight,” Smith said. “I feel like every time I get tired, I can think about these children that I try to work for every single day and help me get those extra couple of miles in.”