May 2009
1 post
April 2009
4 posts
Watch5 Days to go! If you aren’t convinced about donating or are unsure, then watch the video above. It’s from Jake and Amir (some of the funniest people on the internet right now) and it’s about them applying to be Big Brothers!
Seriously, though, Big Brothers and Big Sisters of Brooklyn and Queens is a really great charity. If you want to find out more about them, then go here:
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10 Days To Go!
Time for another update!
It’s been a very busy past week weeks. Well, actually it has been a very busy past few months. It’s hard to believe that there is less than 10 days before the marathon! Anyway, now that we are getting close to the big day, we really want to ramp up on raising money for Big Brothers and Big Sisters of Brooklyn and Queens. So here is what we are going to ask from you:
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20 Miles and Beyond
Wow it’s been a while since we last posted. My last update asked everyone to keep their fingers crossed because I was going to try for 11 miles that week. Well what a difference two months make. Sean and I managed to complete 20(!) miles last Saturday. I still cannot get over it. That translates to three straight hours of running!
The past two months have gone as smoothly as we could have...
March 2009
1 post
Over Half Way There
We have been training for a little over two months and there is less than two months until the marathon. We are over half way through training.
Andrew and I just got back from a 14 mile run about an hour ago. I am exhausted. My legs ache. I am too tired to get off the couch for a shower and I just ate enough food to feed a couple of small African villages.
We are here at the half-way point in...
February 2009
7 posts
Good news!
Good news! Charity Marathoners now has a facebook group.
I know things are slow right now. But we are all busy with class, work, and well… running. I have all these great ideas for blog entries, but by the time I get home, I am dead tired and just want to go to sleep.
I promise there will be many good things to come.
~Sean
Long Runs
The key to training for a marathon is taking a long run once a week and going a little bit further each time. The concept is simple but by the middle of training it can seem a bit intimidating. Right now the furthest I have run is about 9.5 miles. That is no small feat but think of it this way: I am not even half way there! And at the end of that run I was a mess. I hurt my foot in the last...
Why I'm Running
Like Sean, I’ve been getting a lot of crazy looks when I tell people that I’m training for a marathon. Why would I subject myself to hours of agonizing training through freezing weather, Queens’s traffic, and the occasional angry dog?
To be honest, I have a hard time answering this question myself. I only started running track in my junior year of high school. I am not a naturally talented...
One of Those Days
I love to run. Really, I do. But there are somedays where I just wake up and don’t want to get out of bed. Today was one of those days. I woke up, rolled over, shut off the alarm and just lay there dreading the four mile run I had ahead of me. I just wanted to stay in my warm and comfortable bed.
Then I get on to my computer to check the weather and I saw that it was 30 degrees with a wind...
Donate!
As we train for and run the Long Island Marathon we are trying to raise money for Big Brothers and Big Sisters of Brooklyn and Queens. We have a couple ways you can donate to our cause:
1.) Donate in person. If you know us and see us around. Feel free to donate any amount, large or small. Every cent counts!
2.) Through mail. Make a check out to Big Brothers and Big Sisters of Brooklyn and Queens...
Why Do I Run?
Whenever I talk to anyone about the marathon, the first question I always get is, “That’s insane. Why would you want to run 26 miles?” I can never really think up a satisfactory answer on the spot. So, I am going try to explain it now.
If you think about it the answer is simple. There are two reasons why you do anything: either you feel an obligation to or you enjoy doing it. I run because I...
Welcome To Charity Marathoners!
Hello. This post is just to get things started on the website. Here are the basics that you need to know.
Who are we?
We are (in alphabetical order) Andrew Conde, Rory Quinn, and Sean McGrath. Maybe we will post short entries about ourselves later. Maybe we won’t. You’ll see.
What are we doing?
We are training for the Long Island Marathon in May 2009. In the process we are raising...