I just want to thank all the folks, some I know well, some not at all, that responded to my request for sponsorship via some blog posts and twitter announcements. With an end of the year tremendously generous donation by my colleague Teddy (who I now owe lunch for sure as she lives in Phoenix), I am past my fund raising goal of $1500.

So I may hate running, but I really like the power and connectivity of the internet. This is a long way from some of the first charity bike rides I did in the late 1980s where you would cart around sheets of paper to pester people for pledges. Now its all online, baby!

Did you know... "B.B. King, rhythm and blues star is diabetic and stars in all those LifeScan bloodtesting commercials" (from Diabetes Health Magazine)
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