Mon. Oct. 1st
It’s October…but it’s still Childhood Cancer Awareness Month for me.
Last Friday and Saturday, I had the honor and privilege of joining our INAUGURAL B+ Running Team for the trip to the Hamptons Marathon & Half Marathon in Easthampton, NY. Note I say that I joined them for the trip, and not the race. I just couldn’t do 13.1 or 26.2 miles, but man, I admire them! We had 16 participants; 12 who ran the Half and 4 who ran the Full Marathon. I was so moved by spending time with them at our pre-race dinner Friday night. We had a diverse group from at least 4 states, male and female, first time marathoners and seasoned runners. And, they raised over $50,000 and, equally importantly, a HUGE amount of awareness of childhood cancers. Thank you also to Carly and Nadine for all their work on the organizational side.
Thank you, Hamptons Marathon B+ Running Team:
Nancy Badel
Carly Bergstein
Josh Brosious
Robert Burns
Alicia DeColli
Jessica Forman
Alison Goldberg
Jim Julian
Deirdre Lego
Deb Lewis
Jessica Lewis
Patrick Mesa
John Noonan
Tricia Ushler
Stephanie Valles
Priya Yadlapalli
Stay tuned for our 2013 marathon/half marathon plans! Please e-mail me (Joe@LiveLikeAndrew.org) if you think this might be something you’re interested in.
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Hope to see many of you at some upcoming events in the next week:
– B+ Racing Team Guest Bartender Event– Thurs. Oct. 4th at Brandywine Brewing Co. in Greenville, DE from 6-9pm. It’s going to be a lot of fun and the organizers have amassed some really great auction items that can be bid on now at the eBay link below.
http://www.ebay.com/sch/bepositivefdn/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_from=&_ipg=&_trksid=p3686
– SuroMan – After many months of training, Eric Suro is about to embark on his 140.6 mile journey to raise awareness and money for our battle against childhood cancers. Eric will be doing a full ironman triathlon on Sat. Oct. 6th…starting in the Lehigh Valley (PA) and finishing in Newark, DE. Check out SuroMan’s FB page, leave encouraging messages, donate, and come out and support him as he brings it home to Newark on Oct. 6th.
https://www.facebook.com/suroman2012
– Delaware Distance Classic (15k) and 5k Run – Sun. Oct 7th at 8:30am. Part of the proceeds from this event will go to The Andrew McDonough B+ Foundation. Pick whichever race suits you better and join us for the run followed by pizza, beer, and live music at Frawley Stadium on the Wilmington Riverfront. Register today at:
http://www.bepositive.org/assets/docs/ddc15K5K.pdf
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Yesterday was a BIG day for us at the NASCAR race in Dover and I’ll fill you in more in my next update.
Please keep all of our B+ Heroes, especially my buddy Joey Borowski http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/joeyb , in your prayers!
Live Like Andrew!
Ali & Andrew’s Dad