FitOldDog Has A Slot In The New York City Marathon Thanks To Heartosaurus And He Has Agreed To Raise Money For The American Heart Foundation - Help!

 

Hi folks,

Team Heartosaurus, fundraising, open heart surgery,

Heartosaurus kindly handed FitOldDog a NYC Marathon slot in exchange for fundraising for The American Heart Association.

Thanks to the great and wonderful ascending aortic aneurysm survivor and author (‘Barefoot in November‘ - inspiring story about his survival), Benjamin Carey, FitOldDog has a slot in the New York City Marathon in November. In return for the chance to meet a whole group of aortic aneurysm survivors, I have agreed to raise money for The American Heart Association. Contributions from any kind souls out there would be just great. Click here for the link to my fundraising site.

This great cause will help to raise awareness of the dangers of aortic aneurysms, and may therefore save your life one day. In fact, if you are ‘getting older,’ you might want to consider having the simple AAA screening test, rather than playing aortic roulette.

I’m pretty excited about meeting my fellow aortic aneurysm survivors in New York, including Benjamin of Heartosaurus and Pauline of the abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) awareness Facebook page, as we’ve been talking on the Internet for quite a while. It really helps to know people who understand how you feel when life’s challenges come along.

Thanks in advance for any help that you can provide.

-k @FitOldDog

 Important Note: These posts do not provide medical advice. You should always consult your physician before undertaking or significantly modifying an exercise program.

Copyright © 2010 Kevin T. Morgan aka FitOldDog, Old Dogs in Training, LLC.

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About Me: Senior Scientist Ironman Triathlete & Blogger. Carrboro, NC. Mantra: safe exercise for better health through improved mind and body awareness. Business USP: use the experience of an actively competing scientist Ironman triathlete with an abdominal aortic aneurysm stent graft to develop a safe approach to exercise for better health through improved mind-body awareness, if you have diabetes, heart disease, cancer, obesity, other health challenge, or you are simply dealing with the effects of aging. Marital Status: Partnered Ethnicity: Caucasian
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6 Responses to FitOldDog Has A Slot In The New York City Marathon Thanks To Heartosaurus And He Has Agreed To Raise Money For The American Heart Foundation - Help!

  1. Trevor says:

    The shoe repair shop was open and the first person entered that day. She asked if he knew where the fishmonger’s shop was.
    His reply?
    “Oh, I can help you I do soles and ‘eals!”

    Think you meal “Souls”

    • Kevin Morgan says:

      I do kind of like the thought of kind soles, come to think about it. What about a small donation? -kevin

      • Trevor says:

        I contribute to Red Cross, Woodland Trust, Great Ormond Street, And some of the tin shakers locally as well as Vets charities.
        What sort of sum? What does the charity do? Is there a web site? It would have to be plastic at this distance. Oh, and just one small niggling pernickety point, I am not stinking rich.

        • Kevin Morgan says:

          Hi Trevor, well, anything helps, and there is no obligation. One person has agreed to give me 10 cents/mile, making $2.62, which would make me just as happy as $1000. It is the thought that counts. I’ll build it one brick (cent) at a time. I like your invited post, by the way, as it adds a bit of culture to my wandering exercisemania-induced rhetoric. Thanks!
          -kevin

          • Trevor says:

            Okay, 1.33 x UK£0.31412 per Km for K.M. in US$ s, you figure it out and how I can get the money to you. Credit card perhaps.

  2. Marian says:

    He was thinking about shoes and running at the time, obviously.

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