Lesson learned: I am terrible at blogging

I am truly making an effort here, so bare with me.  There will be times when I can check in more often and times when, evidently, weeks will pass.  I wanted to give a brief update on my running, fundraising, and training.  I am doing a better job of getting some mileage here and there.  We have had a terrible bout of cold weather and only a few truly great running days.  I cannot wait until the Chicago spring passes and we get a few warm days.  I need consistent running weather!

The last few weeks have been primarily filled with all sorts of preparation for the marathon season in another way: through the DetermiNation program.  How amazing that my primary reason for running the marathon last year...making a difference in the fight against cancer...has become such a big part of my life.


I'm currently helping to organize my first "Cookies for Cure" bake sale with my brother's fraternity.  It is the first big event of the season that I am launching in an effort to raise money for my marathon efforts.  I am hoping to smash my goal and top what I raised last year (about $2,000).  More on this later.


More importantly, I am trying to spread the word far and wide.  As I checked the results for my friends who ran the Boston Marathon yesterday, I was also refreshing their ACS DetermiNation pages.  My marathon experience would be incomplete without the American Cancer Society and the DetermiNation program.  It has given me the opportunity to make a difference in the course of cancer.  And I hope that if any of you who are reading this are considering running a marathon, you will consider joining me: http://main.acsevents.org/goto/magnificentmilers


Happy running!