Good Day Sasquatches,
I apologize for the lack of blog postings for the last couple of weeks. I enrolled in a summer intensive Global Affairs Program at NYU. It was an amazing four weeks of really intense classes along with the professors and collegiate and I had put the running aside to concentrate on the classes and many hours of homework. The classes and homework is now done and ready to get back to the park and log some miles!
I wanted to give a shout out to Amanda and Molly for crossing the finish line on their first 5K! Molly is currently training for her first 1/2 marathon this fall, and eventually I’ll get Amanda signed up for one! I was planning on running the Toronto Marathon in September but with the lack of training it’s just not going to happen. However I am looking at running the NYC marathon again for an organization called Shoe4Africa. http://www.shoe4africa.org/ For all you sasquatches that have converted over to the 'feet' shoes please donate your old running shoes to this organization. S4A is also raising money to build one of Sub Sahara's largest and much needed hospitals. There is also a link on the website, called 'click for a brick' and donation of just $10.00 can be made. I encourage all of you to check it out and read about the organization. For one of my classes I wrote about this organization and interviewed the founder Toby Tanser for further information. What a phenomenal guy, he's very passionate about running and building awareness through his organization. He has more than a full time job and he does not keep any of the donations; 100% go to the programs. He has a run later this month in Central Park and I plan on being there and supporting his efforts. Again, please check out his sight and make a donation to the hospital.
Also if you haven't seen the latest article from yahoo, here is the link to check it out.
http://shine.yahoo.com/channel/health/baring-it-all-the-barefoot-running-trend-2337336/
The word is getting out there and these shoes are quite the talk of the town.
I'm looking forward to a great weekend of Barefooting in the Park and logging some miles this weekend. Make it a good one everyone :)
