In August, 2003 I ran the Iceland Marathon as a member of Team Diabetes.
I raised $5000 and got to pound my way through 42k around Reykjavik. It was one of the greatest experiences of my life. Since then I’ve continuously received email updates from Team Diabetes and have been tempted to do runs in Brazil, or Rome, but the schedules never worked with the time off I can take from work.
Today I got an email update from Rebecca Taylor with a marathon that fits my schedule and fulfills another lifelong adventure dream.
As you may have seen on the Team Diabetes website, Easter Island in June 2009 has been added to the schedule as an alumni-only event. The Easter Island event offers full marathon, half marathon and 10K distance options.
Are you kidding me? A marathon on Easter frickin Island? SIGN.ME.UP. Maybe.
Because here is the fine print. The fund raising requirement is $7500. $2500 of it is required by June. That’s a lot of money. I’d need a lot of help.
I firmly believe in the Team Diabetes cause, education can prevent us from getting hit by it in our adulthood, and many children have no choice having to live with daily insulin shots. Being a new father, I am all over preventing diseases that Zacharie could face.
So. I have a question. Would you be prepared to help? Late last summer I scraped together almost $1500 in less than a week to do Lance Armstrong’s Tour of Courage. That was huge.
So I need to know, would you all step up again? I’d need to average $500 / month for the 16 months between now and the run. Now that doesn’t sound too tough.
So I need to know if you’d be interested in helping out.
Maybe a $50/month donation between now and then? Would you add a donation badge to your own blog? Would you help collect prizes for raffles and Easter Egg hunts? What would *you* do to help out?
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I’d happily display a button/ad on my site for you. I can’t commit to financial help myself but certainly would be glad to spread the word.
I’m in. You can count on me Buzz. Button on my blog and $50. Don’t know what I’ve got in the way of prizes around here though. Would some broken toys and a few outdated pop princess CDs do the trick? Back in the day I used to have a whole cupboard full of stuff to offer you… Sigh.
Let me know when it’s time to roll.
On another note, I’m super jealous about Easter Island. Haven’t been there. Yet. Loved Iceland though. What a beautiful country.
Good luck with your fundraising!
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