Dear Adopt A Doctor Supporters:

So we had a wonderful success yesterday. The event went incredibly well and was quite an experience. Both Gary and I finished the 50 mile race, surprisingly feeling quite well. We came in just over 9 hours. Some minor blisters, cramps, cuts, scrapes, muscle burning, fatigue, exhaustion, and some major hunger. But otherwise we felt better than we had expected. I believe that any bit of suffering is important for people to feel when we live in such a comfortable part of this world, and are fortunate enough to have been created here. For a cause like this, it is never really enough, but is necessary. It helps to be a little crazy and have some internal drive to want to run any great distance, but it was truly amazing watching how seriously each of the teams were and to see the determination in the runners, organizers and supporters.

It was also amazing to see how much this event grew in just one year. We had some incredible support and organization from classmates. Our EMT, Audrey, rode her bike within yelling distance from us for the entire course. One of our primary organizers, Brianna, drove the course multiple times setting up the event, and was our lead car for our fluids, food, and support throughout. My wife, Lynn, after running 11 miles in the beginning, ran another 6 miles with us towards the end just to coach us along. So many family and friends were out supporting us, lots of food at the end, and all of the training that people put into running was such a joy to see. All of this for one reason: To help other people who need our support.

A crew of bikers passed us a number of times, and one of them asked what we were doing, and why we were running further than they were biking. Lynn explained the story, and one of them pulled out a plastic bag and handed her eight crumpled up dollar bills in the middle of a rain shower somewhere around mile twenty-seven.

Anyway, back to studying. We will keep the firstgivings.com/44 site open for another month. We wish you all well.

Dante

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