Welcome, welcome! So nice to see you! If you happened to stumble across this and are not sure what this is about, let me fill you in. If you do know what this is about, stay with me, I promise it gets good. Becky and I (Sarah) are running the Chicago marathon in October, and we're raising money for Special Olympics Chicago along the way. So this blog is more or less a thinly veiled attempt to get you to give us money, whether out of care for Special Olympics, or just annoyance that this keeps showing up on your news feed or in your email. Either way, and for whatever reason, we're really really excited (and really really apprehensive) about attempting 26 miles (42 km for you foreigners) and can't wait to share our journey with you all.
Let's start with a history lesson. In October 2010, Becky mentioned to me that she was thinking of running a 5k. After recovering from my fit of laughter, I decided that if she could do it, I could do it. I had been running a couple miles a couple times a week at the gym and figured it wouldn't be a problem. So we did it, and finished in a devastatingly awful 37 minutes. To be fair to us, it was a very disorganized race and we had to walk a lot of it because there were all sorts of baby strollers and walkers littering the very narrow course... Needless to say, we had humble beginnings. Since then we've run several more successful races, including half marathons. But we're getting bored, and it's time to raise the bar. 26.2 miles sounds good, but if you know us, you know we need some other motivation.
Special Olympics (S.O. from now on because I'm lazy) is close to our hearts; our brother David has participated in various S.O. sports and we really feel like it's been great for him. When we thought about what might motivate us to drag our butts 26 miles, S.O. was a natural choice. The money will be going to help fund programs specifically in Chicago, where S.O. is working to bring recreation to people and places that might not have it otherwise. It's a great organization, and we feel lucky to be able to help them out.
But here's where you come in. Becky and I are aiming to raise $2000 for S.O., and unfortunately neither of us have a couple thousand dollars to spare at the moment. So we're hoping you might find it in your beautiful hearts to help us out. In the coming months we'll be keeping you updated about our progresses and certain failures along the way. We'll also post pictures, because I never want to put you through this much reading again (talk about biting the hand that feeds you!), and don't worry, they won't all be of us... just mostly. On that note, we actually did a run last night and it was especially ridiculous. So our first real post will be on that topic and coming soon.
I'm done rambling for the moment, but before I go, we really want to thank all of you in advance for your support. Feel free to get in touch with us if you have any questions or for more information, and check back often for specifics on our torturous quest. If you're feeling bad for us already (or don't want to have to check back) click this now! http://www.firstgiving.com/fundraiser/beckysarahgould/2012chicagomarathon
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