A discount code (HLAM2012) saves $20 off the normal price between now and until noon this Thursday, July 21. Head to www.lamarathon.com for more details. Once again, I'll be co-chairing the efforts of The Alliance of Children's Rights to raise money as an official local charity of the event. Please consider running this or the 5K the day before if you are local here in LA or even planning a spring break trip to the Coast. (I'm running both races of course.)
Then, 5 weeks later, you can find me slamming through grand ole London, England in the 2012 Virgin London Marathon. So, April 22, I'll take off on a 26.2 mile adventure across a city I lived near for a year and happen to still enjoy visiting. Thanks to meeting the head of the organization on a plane last year, I'll be supporting Rays of Sunshine which is like Make-a-Wish. I have specific fund raising goals and my British friends should be putting my email on their spam list to avoid my pestering pleas for donations. The 2012 Summer Olympic Games will be in London, and this event promises to be special. In fact, the official 26.2 mile distance of all marathons was established at the 1908 Olympic Games. Previously, the distance ranged from 24 to 28 miles.
And 2 weeks further on, I return to Fort Collins, Colorado to run in their racing event on May 6, 2012. After 3 half-marathons in the past 5 years, I'm taking on the full marathon this time. Registration is open for this too at the 5k, 10k half and full distances. My cousins live in Fort Collins, and the amazing course winds out of Poudre Canyon before finishing in Old Town, Fort Collins.
I can't wait!
(Oh yeah, I am running at least two marathons this fall, so I better keep training.)
