See Abby Run!

Hello all!

Welcome to my brand-spanking-new blog! I've decided to start this blog to keep friends and family, along with I'm sure will be the occasional miscellaneous stranger, updated on the progress of my first marathon....

That's right, folks, in only four months, 18 days, on April 21, 2008, these two (admittedly lanky) legs will carry me 26.2 miles, from Hopkinton, MA, to Boston's Public Library, where I've spent many a fine hour. I am running the marathon to raise money for Dana-Farber's Marathon Challenge program--100% of the funds raised go directly to cancer research. If you'd like to donate (hint hint:), please go to https://www.kintera.org/faf/donorReg/donorPledge.asp?ievent=225656&lis=1&kntae225656=D497C64686BE4C1CB7C117DC8F69B740&supId=188626887. My total fundraising goal is $5,000; as of today, I am one-fifth of the way there, at $1,000.

More to come on this topic, and on my love/hate relationship with running. (This Monday's 7-mile was love, in cold, crisp New England air, along a clear and inky coastline. Tomorrow's 5:30 a.m. 5-mile will likely fall closer to the hate side of the spectrum.)

Thanks for reading!