With what, you may ask? First, and foremost, with all the pork I’ve been able to eat. Apparently two pigs generates a lot of meat, which has constituted an inordinate amount of my meals lately. There was one point when I invited my site mates, Alex and Kevin, over for lunch, and was able to offer them six different pork dishes. I don’t want to say I’m sick of it, but despite the shear quantity of meat at our house, there is still not a single slice of bacon or country ham. This is one of those situations where I wish I had a real skill to transfer, such as thinly slicing and curing meat from a pig. Oh well…
More importantly, my marathon training is coming to an end, which is why I’m actually writing this post 🙂 I thought I would give you all some numbers which might sum up the experience:
- 13 – days until the marathon in Athens
- 20 – furthest number of miles I have ran at one time
- 28 – the number of times acquantainces honked at me on my run today
- 40 – most miles run in a week (last week)
- 325 – total miles run in the last 4 months
- 1800 – number of dollars raised for people with disabilities
Hopefully the last number captured your attention as much as it has mine! I would like to thank everyone who has donated thus far to my Push to the Finish program, and for your support of a great philanthropy and people with disabilities throughout America. I have met 90% of my fundraising goal – which still leaves 10%, or $200, remaining. While $2000 was only an arbitrary goal, it would be great to finish this fundraising effort in line with my completion of the marathon. Please consider a donation if you haven’t already – your $5 or $10 will go a long way in improving the life of a person with disabilities.
I would like to recognize all those who have donated to the “Push to the Finish” program. If you would like to add your name to this list, please consider a tax-deductible donate.
- Paul & Judy Barnes
- Kenneth Brandis
- Pat S. Brandis
- Scott Brown
- Brian & Erin Chamberlain
- Steven Chau
- Brett Gifford
- Ralph & Marsha Gifford
- Mike Goodspeed
- Monika Gupta
- Jon & Rita Harris
- Nick Hart
- Margaret Kaelin
- Lindsay Kempker
- The Murdock family
- John & Marilyn Noel
- Steve Wang
- Kathy & Allan Zaenger
- Jennifer Zeisler
- Microsoft (matching donation)
- Boeing (matching donation)
Thank you again for your support!! If you would like to donate, please click here, or read more about “Push to the Finish”.
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October 22nd, 2007 at 12:13 am
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