Full Steam Ahead

First, a thanks to those who have donated recently:
-Maura Carius (MY MOM!)
-Ray & Robin Cilimberg
-Al Jackson
-Eric Schultz
-Jett Thomason
-Alan Almengual
-Nancy Lee


The "ultimate weekend" has come and gone, and it was difficult in ways I had, and had not, anticipated. The Ranger Challenge competition was certainly trying, and was physically taxing to say the least. The Marine Corps Marathon was, well, an experience. There are far too many people running it (around 34,000 was what I had heard), but I had a good time and helped Erin get through her third marathon.

With those two things finally behind me now, I am now pushing my miles up fast. While doing training for Ranger Challenge, I was generally logging about 35-4o miles a week. Now, I'm hoping to up that immediately to about 80+ miles a week. I am pushing to start doing two-a-days more than anything: a good, long run in the morning, followed by a shorter one in the evening. I will be trying to do several of these a week, with an extra long pair at least once a week. I started this pattern on Sunday with an 11-miler in the morning and a 3-miler in the evening. Today, I did 7.5 this morning and am planning to do about 3 this evening. I'm going to be posting my miles weekly on here, so everyone will be able to follow along.

More importantly, we are up to $1,719 in our fundraising efforts for the Fisher House Foundation and Intrepid Fallen Heroes Fund! I am so impressed with the generosity and support of everyone, and hope that you continue to spread the word about our efforts to help military families.

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