Day 1 :: 5 miles

Our first official Team for Kids marathon practice was today in Central Park. We gathered to hear a few kids speak about the impact Team for Kids has had on their lives. As a result, I'm feeling pretty good about picking TFK as my marathon charity. As a social worker I like contributing to programs that benefit underserved neighborhoods and to hear teachers note how running has turned around their most problematic students is really cool.



Most of us were first time marathoners, which was encouraging. Lots of people haven't begun fundraising yet, which makes me feel really great about the donations I've received to date: I'm 16% of the way to my goal of $2620...that's over $400 raised since last Wednesday. Thank you Face Book and many many thanks to friends from my past and present for getting me started!

Our first practice consisted of a brief warm up run, some stretching and then for those who were game, 5 miles around the bridle path...which is easier on the body than the road. I'd never run the bridle path, so it was good, but running it 3x got a tiny bit boring. I met a few people who were very nice. Looking forward to Monday night's practice.