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Dad vs. the Mighty Marathon

My father has decided to start training to run the September 2009 Quad Cities Marathon (www.qcmarathon.org/). He’s always done lots of races other like the QC Bix and 5 - 10 K races. He‘s even done a couple half marathons. But the full marathon will be quite the challenge for him.

 

He is working through the Compassion Malaria Intervention fund and for a small monetary donation, people will be providing a malaria net for a child to sleep under at night. (I think it’s $10, but I haven’t confirmed that with Dad yet). I don’t know what his goal is, but Josh & I will be pledging for at least one net -- $10 for such a great cause is hard to ignore! Ooo, and he’s also giving out ‘Bite Back’ bracelets for every donation he receives.

He’s started up a new website to talk about his training and to create awareness for the cause: stevesexcellentadventure.com/

And he’s not just running this race for himself. He has decided to dedicate it to malaria prevention and nets. Dennis Goetz, a close friend of Dad & Connie’s died a few years ago from malaria that he contracted while on a missions trip in Zambia. It’s obviously something that they are very passionate about.

 

Anyway, I thought I would pass the word along. It think it’s great what my dad is doing and I hope he does well with his training. And I hope that our next home we move to in February isn’t too far away so that I can be in the QC next September to cheer him on!

Posted on Oct. 12th, 2008 at 05:22 pm | | Leave a comment | 1 comment | Add to Memories | Share

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(Anonymous)

Thanks

Hey Sweetie..thanks for the plug. Everyone, please check out the website often. We will be giving continual updates on a bunch of good stuff. Not just the boring training updates:) Please consider making a pledge. You can't do everything, but you can do something. Compassion is a great organization. Thanks and God bless!
Steve Johnson www.stevesexcellentadventure.com
Posted on Oct. 13th, 2008 11:34 pm (UTC) | | Thread | Reply