Running for a cause

Wednesday, April 30, 2008

It's official, I'm signing up to run a marathon this fall! I haven't run anything near this long before; I think the longest run I ever completed in high school (when I was on the x-country team) was around 12 miles. It's going to take 6 months of serious training, but I'm committed to crossing that finish line in October. I've got new shoes, achy muscles, and an appetite to prove it!

With some advice from Peter Genuardi, and several other runner folk I know, I've signed up to train with DC Fit. They're a local non profit organization that takes care of your training schedule and encourages you along the way. There are a ton of great programs out there to get involved in, but I liked DC Fit because it enables me to fundraise for whatever organization I choose.

I wrote here this past November about one of my favorite organizations in Cambodia, Mith Samlanh "Friends", which is struggling to raise $3 million to maintain their amazing facility in Phnom Penh. I'm happy to say that I'm running this marathon in honor of them, and in the coming months, will be scaling a personal fundraising campaign for them. Stay tuned :o).

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