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Here’s your chance to join in and get your own shoes dirty! Leave a comment below. Or share a story, a great run, a favorite workout song, anything. Take the Cash-Free Challenge to make a difference.
Cash-Free Challenge: Follow Me. The race is this Sunday, October 18th. Consider logging on to the Denver Marathon website and check out the course map or the results. Click here. Hopefully my time will be quick enough to qualify me for the Boston Marathon.
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My Blog
Welcome to Dirty Shoes. You’ll find details here about my training for the Denver Marathon and my efforts to support the mission of the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. Expect to find regular updates about my progress as well as features like my “Run of the Week”, sharing some of my favorite runs around the country, and “The Stamina Soundtrack”, a playlist of songs to keep you moving. I’ll also drop in tips and information about running, racing, and the landscape and phenomena that serves as the backdrop and inspiration for my running ambitions. This blog is an effort to give back to those who support my cause. I hope it will allow you to come along with me on this journey. Let me know what you think. Please share your thoughts and comments.
If you’d like to help me raise funds to research a cure for blood cancers and to support other families who are facing the challenges that these diseases bring, this link will take you to my fundraising page: http://pages.teamintraining.org/rm/denver09/dbraun
My Dad
Paul David Braun (November 29, 1944-October 12, 2008)
I’m running the Denver Marathon in memory of my father. During a full life, my Dad modeled values that I make every effort to live up to each day. He exemplified integrity, character, honesty, and faith. When he was diagnosed with a rare leukemia in
2005, my family was badly shaken. But his strength, pragmatism, and demeanor throughout the course of his treatment comforted me in difficult times and his providence, love, and foresight help me move forward in his absence. I miss him everyday but his spirit persists in many tangible ways. He does not live in my mind with the illness he suffered but rather in the many long and happy years that preceded it. For visitors who knew my Dad, I hope this site recalls memories that make you smile.
Me
Running has been a rare constant in a rambling life. I’ve spent much of my adulthood moving from one place to another seeking education, adventure, and experience. In each new place, running has provided an opportunity to refocus and to know that place well. I’ve run along dramatic mountain ridges snaking through vast wilderness, and along cracked asphalt alleys slinking through urban districts. I’ve run along palm-lined beaches and along graffiti-lined bridges. Whether bounding down desert canyons, or cranking miles out on pavement I’ve found great satisfaction. Running helps me stay centered in a life that has been, geographically at least, anything but. It has helped me find peace during times of upheaval and clarity during times of confusion. It has given me gladness in times of hardship and novelty in times of dullness. I’ve had friendships built solely around running. It has been a big part of my life. I’m grateful that something I have a passion for can be used to purpose. I hope that my commitment to run in memory of my father will inspire you to turn your own passions to something greater. Or at least to go for a run.
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Hey David! The blog is fantastic; I’d love some tips for starting my own…
I’ve found a great website for downloading some fun, free running tunes that your visitors should check out: http://www.motiontraxx.com. The guy who runs the site is a “fitness DJ” who puts together mixes that have a certain BPM (beat per minute) associated with them. Each one has a descriptor that indicates if it’s good for running a 5K, a faster half marathon, easy jog, etc… The music is a mix between house, techno, whatever this guy seems to like. While I’m not totally hooked on the style of music, it’s a really great way to pass the time while running longer distances! Plus it’s free, so you can’t really beat that!
We’ve missed you at practice this week but hope you’re having fun on your trip. Can’t wait to hear all about it!
Comment by Amy Latzen | July 21, 2009 |