In the summer of 2010 my Grampa was diagosed with ALS. A week and 1/2 before Christmas he passed away from complications of the disease. In looking ahead at 2011, I have made it my resolution to run a 5K each month of the year to raise money and awareness for the ALS Association. Every step of the way he is with me and every step of the way we are helping those that will receive the diagnosis this year and/or are currently living with the devastating disease that is ALS. Please donate if you are able by visiting the following link to the Community of Hope Fund page set up in Grampa Hudson's memory. You could donate a small amount each month or a large lump sum for the year, no amount is too small and you can do it when its most convenient for you! http://web.alsa.org/goto/hudsonshoofer

Monday, October 31, 2011

Devil went down to Georgia ... because Salem was WAY TOO COLD!

Happy Halloween ya'll!

Hope everyone had a fun weekend amidst the SNOW and POWER OUTTAGES ... in OCTOBER. I'm really not sure why I still live here, its pretty unreasonable even for New England.

I should have known angry snow was coming because Friday morning at 6am it was COOOOOLD. And by the time the sun came out and I got to Salem, it was even COOOOLDER. That being said we 1500 devil's chase participants didn't let it stop us. People were out full force in costume which was good since I was decked out. Since I was a lone wolf for this one I only got one photo thanks to a lovely fallen angel runner ...


Yes, I ran in the cape and yes I held the stupid pitchfork the entire time ... and no I do not enjoy running in a costume for 6.66 miles haha.

I finished in 1 hour, 17 minutes and 59 seconds which puts me at an 11:43 mile. Pretty similar to my 6.2 miler the previous week. Two things I realized while doing this race ... people that do marathons and even 1/2 marathons need to have their heads checked and also people who run in the winter should see the same head checkers as their marathon/half marathon friends.

After the race I headed to Worcester for Lauren's dress fitting. Wait till you see her, folks, she look stunning. And after a nice lunch with Lauren, Matt, Aunt Marsha and Gram; I headed up to North Conway for the Ghoullog where I dressed up as a roll of sushi ...


Come on you can see it! After way too many hours in the car this weekend I am happy to be out of it and happy to have a whole 4 weeks until my next race, which will be the Whitinsville 5 Miler on Thanksgiving Day with my sister Emily!

If you haven't been able to check recently I am at $4,400 raised thanks to a handful of wonderful donators this fall, leaving me $600 to go by the end of the year. With that update, today will mark the beginning of 10 x 60 in 8 which is my final fundraising push to get 60 people to donate $10 in the next 8 weeks so that I can meet my goal come New Years Day. So if you haven't already, haven't lately or are just feeling extra generous today please click the fund page link to the right and donate $10 today!

Since it snowed this weekend and apparently Fall is over I'm going ahead in thanking my end of Summer/Fall donators today for giving my efforts a HUGE push:

The Boston Strike Out ALS Crew (which was 30+ strong)
Lauren w/ her matching donation from the Puma 5 Miler
Maria Baker and Andy Magarie with post even calendar purchases
The Strike Out ALS Worcester Crew (which was 35+ strong)
Lauren w/ her matching donation from her YMCA 5K
Tom Millet
Scott & Mel (and baby Hudson to be) :)
and Dad who put down anonymous but luckily I'm admin and can see it was him again :)

Here's hoping the next 2 months can bring in $600 to complete my mission. With 3 races to go and a potential polar plunge on new years day if I meet my minimum there's still plenty to read about!



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