Oct. 31 - Garrity Charity Strikes Again!

I completed four more easy runs since last Friday, including a comfortable 8.1 mile run Monday morning, and my last real prep run Halloween morning (4.2 miles).  I have started carbo-loading and feel like I gained ten pounds this week!  I have stayed away from Halloween candy for the most part, but I did succumb to pizza and a couple of beers at the gathering house for Shea and her trick o' treating crew.  I think going rouge actually helped as I was starting to get a little too focused on doing a perfect taper this week--it was a nice de-stresser to break that pattern for a few hours.

Blog followers know that October 31 is a very special day--Chase's birthday.  The love and support that poured through Facebook was amazing.  Many, many Race4Chasers offered some truly amazing words about Chase and for the Kowalski's.  Chase has inspired countless people to live healthier, more meaningful lives--an incredible force for good emanating from his spirit and the way he lived his life.  I started off just trying to give my support to Steve and Becky in the face of their incomprehensible loss, but getting know how Chase lived and connecting with his spirit have more than repaid anything I have offered to the family.  Thanks Chase.

Chase's birthday was also an incredible day for the sponsors--I contacted Jim Garrity on Wed to let him know that I was doing the NYC marathon on Sun.  Back in April Jim had donated $2,920 (in honor of the Garrity family house at 292 Elm in Monroe) in support of the 1,000 mile journey.  He said at that time that he was willing to do more as the fundraising effort progressed, so I figured I would touch base with him about the marathon.  The next morning, on Chase's birthday, Jim pledged a $1,812 donation to take the 10004chase total to $15,000!  Incredible generosity!  Of course I now must continue running after the marathon because simple math tells me that at $10/mile I owe Jim few more than 26.2 miles!  Huge thanks to Jim for his support.

Recent Lines:

Date

DoW

ToD

Distance

Time

Min/Mile

Notes

Effort

Total Miles

10/26	Sa	0	0.0	0:00:00	0:00:00	0	0	1219.3
10/27	Su	11:15a	4.5	35:23:00	7:49:41	0	0	1223.8
10/28	M	7:10a	8.1	1:07:20	8:18:46	0	0	1231.9
10/29	Tu	4:00p	4.0	35:19:00	8:48:26	0	0	1235.9
10/30	W	0	0.0	0:00:00	0:00:00	0	0	1235.9
10/31	Th	7:45a	4.2	35:55:00	8:33:06	0	0	1240.1