Running For Skin

Today KK and I went to Kittatinny to get in a few miles on the Sussex branch Trail.  We did somewhere around 5 miles, give or take.  It was cold, around 20 degrees Fahrenheit but sunny, which was nice for a change.

A while back my best friend Annie founded a non profit organization called The World Skin Project
This organization developed to help promote skin cancer awareness.  Check out their website to read the back story.  Late last year Annie and the WSP sponsored me in an ultra race, the TARC Summer Classic, in which I ran a 50k.  It was an awesome race! Very awesome, home grown race series. I have included some picture of this race:

Annie and I during one of my re-supply stops.

This was the first race that I ran under the sponsorship of "Running For Skin".

This next season coming up I plan on doing several skydives for "Jumping For Skin".  Trying to promote skin cancer awareness among the skydiving community, a sport, that like running, spends a lot of time in the sun.

 

This is my finish.  I had such a great time.  This was a beautiful course and I look forward to coming back.

2014

So, I know that we're already almost a month into 2014 and this is my first entry.  Yeah, I get it. The past few months have been hectic to say the least. The winter, I have determined, while beautiful, sucks. There's no skydiving at may favorite DZ and running in 3 degree weather isn't very fun.  So, I've taken to being a bit lazy, much to the dismay of my new skinny jeans and my running partner, sorry KK :(
One of my resolutions (and I HATE resolution people) is to try and be more consistent in both my blogging and my running.  I would love to be able to toe the line in September at the Pine Creek 100 and finish under 30 hours and still manage to go to work Monday morning.

I have also been trying to plan races and some trips for the year.  So far this is what I have going:

February:  Puerto Rico Skydiving Boogie
March:  Safety Day and Grand Re-Opening for Skydive Sussex
April: Thailand and Dubai trip
May: 3 Days at the Fair
June:Vegan Power 50k
July: Nada
August: Zilch
September: Pine Creek 100
October: Zero
November: One Day at the Fair
December: nothing yet
I used this site for my New England Ultra Races as well as the TARC running series