I attended the 2010 DFMC kick-off meeting a few nights ago at Dana Farber in Boston. It was really good to hear more about the organization and their history. They raised over $4 million in 2009 and the team goal for this year is $4.4 million. Across 500+ members of the team, that's roughly $8000 per team member. As a first time fund raiser for anything, I'm a little nervous about reaching my goal amount, but I'm going to do everything I can to get the word out about the team and what we are trying to accomplish.
Being a first time marathoner, I'm nervous about what lies ahead. But, I felt good about two things leaving the meeting the other night. First, about a quarter of the room raised their hand when asked how many first time marathoners were in attendance. Second, their training program seems like its solid and they have a very good coach in Jack Fultz (who won Boston in '76). I'm looking forward to getting out there and starting the program.
I did just about 7.25 miles this morning and felt OK, but a little tired.
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I haven't run that much since the half marathon 3 weeks ago and I've been trying to save it up a little bit, knowing that I'm going to run more over the next 5+ months than I ever have in my life. I also went out and bought two new pairs of shoes today (my others were shot). I realized when I got home that someone had apparently worn one of the pairs on the street to test them out. I should have brought them back, but upon further review, they seemed OK (and I couldn't be bothered with another trip down to Dick's).
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