Howdy, My name is Fritz, I am a very active runner and am training for the Boston Marathon. I have run 4 marathons, and have run the Boston Marathon once before (2006, 3:18:45). It is a pretty special race for me, I love the course and the incredible fans that support the race. My qualifying race this year (Boston is one of the two marathons in the world that you have to qualify for, the other is the Olympics, I am not in that league) was the 2008 Marine Corps Marathon, I ran a 3:13:25 there, which was pretty good for me.
After I had signed up for the marathon, a friend of mine from work (I am in the military and work at the US Army Special Operations Command at FT Bragg, NC) told me about a group that he was putting together to raise money for a charity. He had made some contacts through work with the police in Boston and they worked out a deal. The charity that we are supporting is the SOF Warrior Foundation (http://www.specialops.org/). SOF Warrior supports the families of US Special Operations soldiers that have been killed defending our nation. It is an awesome organization, some of the families of folks that I know have been supported by the charity.
As I train up for the race, and run the race, I will be updating the blog. Feel free to comment or send me an email or two. Also, please feel free to donate to SOF Warrior.
Thanks, Fritz
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