Tomorrow is D Day

If this is your first visit to my blog I am running a mile for every dollar donated to Second Chance Pet Adoptions for their Furry 5k in my name (Go here if you wish to donate for my personal fundraising for the 5k.)

That being said tomorrow is the day I start keeping track of my mileage and putting it up against your donations.  I have harassed a few immediate family in order to make sure that my initial outing would actually have some money already raised forcing me to go out and run.  However it is only 15 dollars so at my current plan it will only last me a week and a half before I outrun your wallets.


My initial run is a 2.11 mile run with a net 62' elevation gain.  Hopefully I will be able to beat the heat and be able to complete the run successfully.  I have been slightly training for this so I don't fall flat on my face as I start this expedition.  Doing about mile, mile and a half runs for the past couple of weeks with my brand new pair of New Balance shoes.  I have been running with New Balance for the past decade and they are wonderful running shoes.  They are American made with great quality and affordable.  From left to right I have worn New Balance's 473's, 410's, and finally I went and got some 411's for this 5k run and training.  They were sorely needed since my last shoe (the middle one) was wearing through the bottom.

Biscuit (my rescue cat) and my New Balance Shoes

So I know the skeptic in you must be wondering, is this guy really fat?  Am I going to be getting my moneys worth by making him run?  Now while I am not going to break any records for my weight I am certainly not a picture of health.  Warning: Farmer's tan ahead.

Surely this before shot proves my out of shapeness

The cold hard truth of the scale which...

... puts me clearly in the fatty category

So why don't you get in on the action?  The first fifteen dollars has occupied my run schedule until roughly July 10th but there is no reason that you can't donate and make Fatty run!  Every little bit helps and if you can't donate yourself forward this blog and the donate page to your friends.  Because everyone likes making the fat kid run.

Fatty running for rescue animals

I am a 5'11 225lb ex out of shape runner.  I used to run a lot in high school but once I didn't have a coach to yell at me to get me to go running the running stopped.  I have tried to get back into running off and on over the past decade.  But once Second Chance announced their Furry 5k I have finally found a way to help motivate me to run again.  And this way also helps benefit the animals at Second Chance Pet Adoptions.

So here is the deal:

A) Let's pretend you are in a similar situation as me and you know how hard it is to get motivated to go run.  Or maybe you just want to help motivate me to run.  Or maybe you just want to help the animals.  So for every dollar that you donate I will run a mile.  And for every dollar that you generous guys donate that I do not have time to match with my milage I will match the donation.  So if you guys donate 700 dollars and I manage to only run 500 miles I will donate 200 dollars to Second Chance Pet Adoptions.

B) Alright, now that we got the 3% of the nice people out of the way who donate for strictly altruistic means lets get into the real part of the deal.  Even though I ran back in high school I never was too fond of any sort of distance running.  And now that is even more so that I am fat.  So just think,1 dollar donated makes a fat kid run a mile.  Name me another form of entertainment that has that high of a return.  One dollar causes my fat self to run an entire mile.  For the price of a 3D movie you are donating enough money to make my fat self run for an entire week starting out.  And even if I try and pansy out I am on the hook financially as well so you can rest comfortably that your dollar made my fat ass sweat out a mile.

To donate please head here.  I will be up dating my progress in both fundraising for Second Chance and my painful training for the 5k.

In conclusion, Make Fatty Run, it is for the animals.