we've totally kicked cancer's ass.

today my contact at the lombardi center sent an updated spreadsheet detailing the most recent donations we've received. and i was shocked to find that in the four months since june 3, when i first posted that above entry stating that i had decided to enter the marine corps marathon and raise $2,000 for the lombardi cancer center, i've received over $2,600 in donations.

i mean really. holy fuck.

and guess what? almost $600 of that came through people who donated through the blog. it's totally amazing. i know i've already gotten gushy here and thanked everyone about 2 billion times, but really, just humor me once more and let me say it again:

thank you!

i thought all along that raising money was going to be harder than running the marathon, but i should have counted on my friends' and family's generosity. running this motherfucker and not dying is definitely going to be the harder of the two.

i've been fairly good about weekday training - i've taken to running up and down rock creek parkway for 8 or 9 miles, which is a gorgeous trail, as long as you don't get raped and/or murdered on it. but this saturday i'm entering the 10th circle of hell, commonly known as the 22 mile run. behold:

wish me well!