It was also great to complete the 3.1 miles with my wife Ellie and daughter Shea (11). We burned up the course in a brisk 1 hour and 4 minutes! Ellie and Shea ran and walked with the Ruel's (Kathleen and Emma (9)), while Greg Ruel and Bobby Terry ran with Beck and Steve. There are a lot of great photos of the event (thanks Juli G-I borrowed the team photo from your Facebook post). Kathy Lennon Mason was also nice enough to capture a short (at least in my mind) speech I gave about my 1,000 Miles for Chase effort and the Race4Chase team's new Million Miles 4 Chase campaign.
The Hartford Courant also did a nice article on the Race 4 Chase team which can be found at this link:
I will supplement this post when I have more time, but I'd like to say thanks to the following old friends who I was able to catch up with at the event. (If I left anyone out, please let me know--and sorry when I only used maiden names)
Jim McDonald
Jeff McDonald & Family
Dawn Evanko
Zina Lucas
Karen Steinbrick
Keith Sullivan
Tim Garrity
Juli Giampoalo Soracin
Michele Magus Aube
Bill Terry & Family
Kathy Lennon Mason and Scott Mason
The Ruel's
The Terry's (Bobby's family)
Beth Bresnahan McGuire & Family
I know there were others--and I will update the post a little later. It was so great to see everyone and support the Kowalski's and other families. Exactly the outpouring of love and support that is necessary to bring about meaningful and long lasting change.
As for as the march to 1,000 miles, I reached another milestone--300 miles! The marker came in an odd way; I walked most of the 3.1 miles in part because of the huge crowd but mostly to hang out with friends and family. Those miles covered 296-298, and then I had to run (fairly hard!) to back to our hotel over the Founders Bridge in East Hartford to check out on time (0.8 miles) then 1.1 miles back to the Race for Chase gathering area to meet up with Ellie and Shea and say goodbye to friends. These last two miles brought me up to 300. These special miles (296-300) were sponsored by Christina, Scott, Pavel and Nikita Hansen. Thank you Hansen's, it was really a special day and I so glad to share with generous people like you.
Today's Line:
| Date | DoW | ToD | Distance | Time | Min/Mile | Notes | Effort | Total Miles |
| 3/23 | Sa | 10:30a | 3.1 | 1:04:00 | 20:38:43 | 40f | 1 | 298.3 |
| 3/23 | Sa | 11:50a | 0.8 | 6:21:00 | 7:56:15 | 40f | 7 | 299.1 |
| 3/23 | Sa | 12:05p | 1.1 | 9:04:00 | 8:14:33 | 40f | 7 | 300.2 |
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| The Kowalski's at the Race 4 Chase Tent |
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| The Race 4 Chase Team |
I'm so proud of you Kevin! Great job! Such a beautiful dedication to an amazing little boy. And thank you for the shout out- you are too kind. Hopefully our efforts will help assist in these beautiful souls being remembered for many years to come. See you on the 7th if not before then!
ReplyDeleteLindsay Knauf