At any rate, I’m trying out something new this year. I’ve purchased Nike+ and have begun logging my runs online. It’s kinda cool to see how far I’ve run over the long-term, though since I haven’t calibrated the system yet, the time and distance should be slightly disregarded :).  Hopefully I’ll be posting more updates about my runs here, and in the meantime you can follow my running via my Nike+ badge on the right as well as my new Twitter handle @runwithasmile, where I’ll be posting Tweets about running and training.

With some advice from Peter Genuardi, and several other runner folk I know, I’ve signed up to train with DC Fit. They’re a local non profit organization that takes care of your training schedule and encourages you along the way. There are a ton of great programs out there to get involved in, but I liked DC Fit because it enables me to fundraise for whatever organization I choose.

I wrote here this past November about one of my favorite organizations in Cambodia, Mith Samlanh “Friends”, which is struggling to raise $3 million to maintain their amazing facility in Phnom Penh. I’m happy to say that I’m running this marathon in honor of them, and in the coming months, will be scaling a personal fundraising campaign for them. Stay tuned :o).