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When: Jan 24 Where: Oleta River State Recreation Area, North Miami Beach From Marlon, the promoter: Hello Guys ! Happy 2010 Saturday, March 27, 2010; Registration: 6:30am, 5K: 8:00am Lake Worth, Florida The 2010 Florida Brain Cancer Walk marks the inaugural event hosted by Accelerate Brain Cancer Cure in the state of Florida. This 5k Walk, Run and Family Fun Run is scheduled for Saturday, March 27, 2010 at John Prince Park in Palm Beach County. Anyone can participate in the event – children, adults, seniors and pets are all welcome. This 5K Walk/Run will be enjoyed by everyone, regardless of their fitness level. The true spirit of the event encourages walkers and runners alike to celebrate their fundraising accomplishments and enjoy this energized, community event. Whether you are supporting our efforts as a walker, runner, donor or sponsor, we truly appreciate your commitment to helping us raise the funds needed to find a cure for brain cancer! In the spirit of community support and in an effort to fund the most promising research possible, the proceeds from the event will be directed to cutting-edge Florida-based brain cancer research projects and collaborations at institutions such as: The McKnight Brain Institute of University of Florida 1. Why did you start running? Why not other sport? I started running when I got to basic training of the (U.S) Marine Corps. Running was instilled upon us (Marines) as a way to keep in shape and a primary method of measuring our physical fitness. That was fourteen years ago. I still see running in [...] During a run, you can’t concern yourself with the pace of other runners that you come across. You don’t know where they started or are going to finish. Almost any distance is attainable – at the right pace. Prior achievement in a particular distance or route builds confidence in your ability to do it again and [...] Here are some photos I took yesterday at the Marine Corps Marathon. My digital camera has some spots on the lens (from underwater use and some use in other austere environments) but you get the picture(s) nonetheless I had originally set out to take some pictures of the marathon yesterday. When I got [...]
Today I stumbled upon athlinks.com a site that somehow had a list of almost all my race results from the races I’ve entered in from the past year and a half. I don’t know how but, pretty cool. Being a little self absorbent, I immediately created a profile and claimed my races. I was even [...]
I've been out of the loop for the past couple of months – slacking with my blogging, running and sadly my fund raising efforts. Having run a personally awesome race July 4th, coupled with the beginning of a new romance with a great woman who just doesn't run as much, and the stress of a [...] Three hours of sleep (darn social commitments:), no warm up (traded it for one hit of the snooze button, and no iPod (out of juice) would normally not lead to a good race. Yet today was something special. I knew the race was going to finish inside the Florida International University stadium, where for the [...]
These athletes motivate the piss out of me. If I could have half of their determination….Let’s celebrate their efforts and accomplishments by supporting other challenged athletes to live out similar active lifestyles of unlimited potential.
This race was a blast and so different from all of the same old flat and sometimes bland 5k road races I’m used to running down here in South Florida. The trails of Oleta River State Recreation Area in North Miami set the scene for an Eco or Ranger like challenge running right left and [...] |
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