Great Start and Why in the World Would Someone Run 100 Miles?

Thank you so much for the fantastic responses and donations to the Road to Change project so far. It is amazing to see how caring people are that donate to this project.

Someone asked "How do I donate to the Road to Change project to make sure you get credit for it?" The answer is just click on the "Click here to Donate" button on the website and once you make your donation, it will be credited to the Road to Change project.

I also wanted to clarify is that I am just asking people to consider a one-time $10 per person donation. $10 will provide water for someone in Africa for 10 years. I cannot think of a better use of $10.

Something I hear from a lot of people when I tell them that I am going to run a 100-mile race (after they say to themselves that I must be brain damaged) is "I couldn't run a mile". Just imagine if tomorrow, you knew that you and your children had to walk 5 miles, carrying a 40 pound water can, just to get a drink of not necessarily clean water, knowing that you had to do that every day just to survive. My running a 100-mile race shrinks in comparison to what these people must face every day. Your $10 can change that. We are not raising money for a community center basketball court or a flat-screen TV. Just the basic human need of clean water.

Thank you for your consideration.

I have always like the little poem below. We can amaze ourselves when we just give things our best effort.

Somebody said
That it couldn’t be done,
But he, with a chuckle, replied:
That maybe it couldn’t,
But he would be one
Who wouldn’t say so
Till he tried.

So he buckled right in
With the trace of a grin
On his face.
If he worried,
He hid it.
He started to sing
As he tackled the thing
That couldn’t be done,
And he did it!”