It’s all luck of the draw, right?
Here are some important facts… I’ve entered four race lotteries in the past five years. I put my name in the hat for the 2012 NYC Marathon, results? Didn’t get in! I put my name in the hat for the NYC marathon for 2015. Results? Didn’t get picked. So, from the state in which I was born, my record is 0-2.
I entered the lottery for the 2014 Chicago marathon. The results?
I entered again this year, and BOOM! The email came early yesterday morning, that low and behold, I am IN, again! So my record for Chicago? 2-0. Chicago must be my kind of town!
I can go back! I had the time of my life in Chicago last year, and I would love to return. Now, I just have to figure out how I can do it. I would love to be able to get lined up again with the thousands of runners, and experience the million fans alongside the course. I just now have to look at my budget, and figure out if I can swing it. And, I won’t in good conscience, head off to Chicago unless I meet my fundraising goal.
You see, for those of you that missed my posts about NYC. My utter disappointment in the fact that I didn’t get chosen again for New York, I decided to look into running for charity. I reached out to a charity foundation that had some meaning to me. I reached out to the folks at the James Blake Foundation, a charity raising money for cancer research, and they accepted me onto their marathon team.
I had to pay for my race entry (it wasn’t free), and I accepted the challenge to raise a minimum of $3,000 for this charity. I kicked off my fundraising with a $100 personal donation to the charity. To date, through the generous donations of friends, family and fellow runners, I’m nearing $1,000 toward my fundraising goal.
But, I can’t reach my goal without more help. Help from folks like you! People reading this blog post, folks I interact with through social media. Will you please consider a donation in any amount to help this cause?
You can donate by clicking on the following link… Thank you!
Congrats on getting into Chicago! So exciting!
You’re definitely Chicago’s kind of runner 🙂
Love Chicago!