Race day is approaching

With race day fast approaching I am getting very excited and a little nervous.  I have been recovering from a hamstring injury which has been nagging me for almost a month.  I started physical therapy this week and I hope my PT works her magic and I run the marathon pain free.....of the hamstring that is.  I know that their will be a general pain from head to toe, usually starting at mile 17 getting a little worse every mile for the next 9 miles.  Why do I do this you ask?  Experiencing people cheering me on for an entire 26.2 miles, the general sense of accomplishment, raising much needed funds to help find a cure for cancer, and last but not least, the taste of that first beer and burger after I finish.  It's the best beer you will ever taste, even if it's a Miller Light.  I'm really looking forward to my brother Jim and nephew Hunter to come up and cheer me on and hopefully run the last few miles for me.  Hunter, who is 7 just raced his first 5k in 27 minutes and placed 3rd in his age group.  I'm hoping he will pace me to the finish line since he'll want to be running much faster than I.  I'd love to bring him through the finish line, we'll see what the day brings.   I'm also very excited to see my friends who are having a marathon party at mile 23, an area I will need extra support to get me to the finish.  I still have my 20-ish mile training run still hanging over my head.  I'm doing that next weekend.  After that, the joyous taper until the big day. 
My bib number is 23421.  To get text updates on my progress during the marathon text the word "runner" to 345678.  You will then receive a text back.  Reply with my bib number and then you are all set.
Stay tuned to my blog for more updates.

Just topped $5500!

Thank you for all of your generous donations and support.  Between the hat sales, Date for Dana-Farber, and the support of my friends and family I have now raised over $5500.  My goal is to raise $7000 by race day, with your help I can reach that goal.  Tonight was our final runners meeting at Dana-Farber.  I got a little emotional realizing we are only 3 1/2 weeks away until we take this incredible journey from Hopkington to Boston, all to help find a cure for cancer.  Jack Foltz, my coach who also won the Boston marathon in 1976, lent us very useful advise on how to make our way from Hopkington to Boston as smooth as possible.  Jack's marathon win was and still is, the hottest temperatures ever recorded for the Boston Marathon, a toasty 96 degrees.  With all this warm beautiful weather we have been having, has us all praying that we don't break his record!  The meeting got me very excited for the marathon.  I'm pumped and ready to go.

Date for Dana-Farber Update

Thank you to everyone who participated in Date for Dana-Farber.  All of my volunteers and their winning bidders have been going on their dates.  Have their been any love matches........we'll have to wait and see.  The Date for Dana-Farber website raised over $2500 which slashed my goal of $1500!