Hello everyone, thanks for visiting my site!

I decided to run for this marathon because I would like to be a part of the WorldVision team, and I have great confidence that all the money raised in this event will go towards exceptional causes: clean drinking water, shelter, and medical care where it is needed most.

I have attended New City Gospel Fellowship (Gracepoint) over the years. I have struggled to be consistent with my walk with the Lord. Recently, I have been looking at my life and trying hard to throw down all the vices that come between me and my faith in God. I believe that this commitment to complete the Chicago run will give me the strength and courage to continue growing and learning in the path that God has for me.

I began training for this marathon back in April. I started running and swimming small distances, 1-3 miles, in the pool and on the track. In June, I worked up to running 6.4 miles at Rockland Lake with Pastor Dan, and I did my best to keep up with Pastor Carl! On August 1st, Pastor Dan and I ran 10 miles from Hook Mountain in Nyack to Havestraw and back, following our volunteer pacebiker. My goal for August is to keep running and swimming and work my way up to a 5 lap run at Rockland Lake, (16 miles) and continue to run, swim and bike until I reach my goal of 26.2 on October 12th in Chicago.

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Hope to see you there. Thanks for all your support!

Shawn.