Next! The Las Vegas Marathon
One of my goals for this year was to run a 50-mile ultramarathon. I don’t know if I’ll make it, but I do plan to run two marathons this year. A couple of weeks ago I ran my first, the Medtronic Twin Cities Marathon. One down, one to go.
Enter Vegas.
A few weeks ago I told my rabbi that I was training for a marathon. The next day he sent me a link to Team Lifeline, a training program that helps to prepare novice runners for marathons and half-marathons while also helping them to raise funds for seriously ill children and their families. One of the events they train for is the Las Vegas Marathon, this year scheduled for December 7. As it happens, I was planning to be in Los Angeles that week anyway — practically the same neighborhood — and I’m already in marathon condition. Well, 5-hour marathon condition, anyway.
The signs are too numerous and too perfect to ignore. So I signed up. The first marathon was for me. This one’s for the kids.
Please check out my personal page on the Team Lifeline website to learn more about this great organization, and if you feel compelled, please make a donation to help me with my fundraising goal. It maybe the most worthwhile money you ever spend in Vegas.
October 16th, 2008 at 9:50 am
Good luck! I know a couple people who have done this and I’ve been in Vegas while the marathon is happening. Lots of fun.
October 20th, 2008 at 8:12 am
Weather and non-injury permitting, I see 4:50:00 for LV. Of course, I see a lot of things that other people say aren’t there.
Other people…