Marathon Preparation!

First off, I would like to thank everyone for their support during the last four months for the 31 Stadiums Tour. We have raised over $5,000 and have had an incredible journey going around the nation seeing friends, family, football and promoting two excellent foundations with the CPT Joe F. Lusk II Memorial Fund and the Veteran Tickets Foundation.

Now, my brother and I have signed up for the PF Chang’s Rock ‘n’ Roll Half and full Marathon, respectively, in Phoenix, AZ on 17 January. Yes that is less than a week away and the training originally planned has been lacking significantly. I have been running a few times the last two weeks (before that it was pretty sporadic) and it is going about as well as you can imagine. The reason I write is that we are looking for pledges per mile to support our marathons. Or you can pledge one amount to donate. No amount is too little, and if you can help support us and the Foundation, the sign up is under the “Pledge” tab above. The more we raise per mile, the more motivation I will have to run the entire marathon. Just to let you know how the training has been going, here is a list of the last few weeks and my run times:

24 Dec: 4 mi 30:45
25 Dec: 3 mi 22:30
28 Dec: 100 m x 10
1 Jan: 2 mi 15:00
2 Jan: 5 mi 37:30
6 Jan: 5 mi 38:45
6 Jan: 3 mi 24:00
7 Jan: 8 mi 1:02:45
8 Jan: 13 mi 1:45:00 (now I have two big blisters)
10 Jan: 3 mi 25:15
11 Jan: 3 mi 24:15
11 Jan: 10 mi 1:23:15
12 Jan: 15 mi 2:08:00

As you can see, I have not put in the recommended mileage, but will continue to train this week and have fun completing the strenuous test of the 26.2 mile marathon. Thanks again for your past support and helping me accomplish some incredible goals.