Boston Marathon Recap - Better Late Than Never!

Woo Hoo!

Despite the nasty weather forecast, I finished the Boston Marathon in just over 6 hours! Thanks to all the volunteers who stood out in the rain giving water, Gatorade and other necessities to the runners!

AND, A HUGE THANK YOU to my "personal" volunteers - Mom, Dad, Joanne, Nonni, CJ, Scottie, Bruce, Andrea and the Natick Animal Clinic, coach John Furey, and Heather, who dragged me home after the race. We had a nice stop at UBurger for dinner. YUMMY!

I did have thoughts of giving up, but, remembering all of the people I was running for (my grandfathers, grandmother and great-grandfather, Venus's parents, Tim's Dad, Linc's Dad, Dan's Mom, Donna P., Michele's grandmother, Mary's mother, Maureen J. and so many others ....) really helped keep me going! THANK YOU!!!

Want to see me cross the finish line?
You will see me about 1 minute into the video. I am wearing dark pants, a blue shirt with white sleeves, and a blue cap.
http://www.youtube.com/v/AnZH8U4-qbg

More importantly...
Tedy's Team raised over $218,000 for the American Stroke Association! Go, us! You all contributed over $4,400 to that effort. And as soon as the Gillette matches show up, we will be well over the $5,400 goal. So, Yay, us! Thank you so much for all of your support!

And the winner is...
All of us, for raising stroke awareness! The winner of the pair of Patriots tickets is Terri Dagosta (Her husband is a Jets fan, so, I\'m not sure how that\'s going to work out ....). Congrats, Terri!

But wait, there's more!
For those of you that wanted to donate, but never got around to it, I've signed up for the Falmouth Road Race with Tedy's Team, so, I will be doing another fundraiser over the summer. This one will be a little different. For every $5 you donate, you will be entered into a raffle for (yes, another!) pair of Patriots tickets to a 2007 regular season game. I also hope to have some gift cards and other Patriots items in the raffle. I will keep you updated!

The link for the Falmouth Road Race fundraiser is here:
http://tedysteam2007.kintera.org/falmouth/avery

Have a great day!