There are many people that helped inspire, train or be ready for the NYC Marathon. But before I could even arrive at the starting line, I needed to raise an entry fee/donation for a NYC Marathon approved non-profit organization. I pledged to raise $3000 for the American Heart Association, in exchange for a bib in the race.

Thanks to the most awesome people listed below, I raised nearly the entire amount of my committed pledge. If your name is here, I owe you a massively huge THANK YOU. Thanks to you, $3000 won't be coming out of my pocket. Thanks to you, I've completed an event that I'll remember for the rest of my life. Thanks to you, the Heart Association will be able to do even more to help fight the disease that's killed plenty of people that we know.

THANK YOU!

Bill Baker
George Baluzy
Scott Brunjes
Jeanne Bundrick
Wally Chen
Tom Clark
Anne Corey
Derek Correia
Kristien and Dan Del Ferraro
Natalya Farsun
Rich Feldman
Eric Fleming
pete gallagher
renato ghio
Scott Henderson
David Hunsberger
Matthew Hunsberger
Michael Kaltschnee
Wendy Kosloff
Benjamin Kunz
Steven Lerner
Giuli Lewis
Tally Maffucci
Hugh McCarney
Cathy Miller
Robert Murphy
Francis Pennarola
David Plain
Susan Rapillo
Christina Reddington
Pamela Reitmeier
Linda Rogers
Syd Schwartz
christopher smith
Amy Smith Sroka
Chris Spada
Terry Spano - Rahmsdorf
Becky Terhaar
ada tracy
Per Welinder
Cathleen Winter

(If you're listed here and would prefer to remain anonymous, just give me a shout and I'll remove you from the post. And if I've someohow missed you, please let me know too.) If your name isn't here and you'd like it to be - it's not too late. You only need to make a donation to my marathon fund before November 22. Anything will help.

Thanks for making my marathon possible!