Hey everyone! I wanted to give an update on my training for the Marine Corp Marathon. Well, summer has come and gone.  My training has hit a few snags but I am getting on track.  I had to take 3 weeks off from training because of a foot injury.   I have gotten on track, switched shoes and now feel great.  Last week I ran over 50 miles andI have completed my two longest training runs both 20 milers.   I have one month left and in the next 2 weeks I will start to Taper down my running to get ready for race day. 

I am choosing to run this race for a charity to support Autism Research.  Several friends of mine have children with autism and Kristin (my wife) works with children who have autism on a weekly basis.  I believe that this is an underrecognized cause and it is my hope not only to raise money to support autism research but raise awareness.

Consider......

• 1 in 150 children is diagnosed with autism
• 1 in 94 boys is on the autism spectrum
• 67 children are diagnosed per day
• A new case is diagnosed almost every 20 minutes
• More children will be diagnosed with autism this year than with AIDS, diabetes & cancer combined
• Autism is the fastest-growing serious developmental disability in the U.S.
• Autism costs the nation over $35 billion per year, a figure expected to significantly increase in the next decade
• Autism receives less than 5% of the research funding of many less prevalent childhood diseases
• Boys are four times more likely than girls to have autism
• There is no medical detection or cure for autism

http://www.researchautism.org/family/index.asp

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