Help Support Operation Jack

It’s been fairly obvious that I’ve been lacking a little pizazz and motivation for the last few months. Don’t get me wrong, I’ve been exercising a lot, mostly running. I’ve broken my weekly mileage records twice in the last month—so that shows I haven’t been totally slacking. But I’ve been eating poorly and I’ve gained a few pounds from my low and that’s got me worried. So I’ve decided to do something about it. I’ve joined a great cause to help me get back on track.

A while back, I heard about a bunch of my blogging buddies who were all getting together to run The Rock ‘N Roll Las Vegas 1/2 Marathon. They call themselves the Mizboorunners and they all subscribe to #mizboorun on twitter. Since I’ve never met any of my fellow bloggers, I thought it would be fun to join in.

Then, a few weeks later, I randomly stumbled across a website called Operation Jack. This is the website of Sam Felsenfeld, an amazing man with an amazing goal. Sam’s son Jack has autism. In order to help generate attention and raise money to fight the disease, Sam is attempting to run 61 marathons in 1 year. Yeah, you read that right…61 marathons, more than 1 per week, in a year.

I don’t really know anyone with autism but I do have several friends with autistic children. And back when I was teaching I had a few students with the disease. So while I have no idea what a family who has been affected by the disease is going through, I still would like to help out.

So here’s my plan:
I’ve created a donation page here. If you’d like to support the cause, please click on the link and make a donation of any size—Every dollar helps. I would love to collect $1000 from readers, friends, and family that would then be donated to Train4Autism.

But this race is bigger than just me. So I’d really like to get all of the #mizboorun runners involved as well. I’ve also created a team page at Operation Jack. If you’re already running the Las Vegas 1/2 marathon, or the full marathon like me, please join the team and commit to raising at least $300 to help support autism research. If you do raise $300, then operation jack will reimburse you (up to $150) for the race, and hook you up with a t-shirt, tech shirt, and sweatshirt. My goal for the team is to find at least 10 runners, each willing to raise $300. So raise a little bit of money, and run the race for free, plus get some gear and help to support a great cause…Everyone wins if you ask me!

So what do you think? Can I count on you to help me and the team reach our goals. I think so. You’ve never let me down before.

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