Because I SHOULD!!!

Because I can run, I can give...



Welcome to my Team In Training home page.



I know the total does not look like i have met my goal, but a few are in the mail! THANK YOU! Everyone has been so kind.



If you are here to donate please visit Natasha's site at Nike Women's Marathon she is still fundrasing for her event or my new page for the PF Changs Rock N Roll Marathon that I will run in January. I have just begun fundrasing for that event.

I am lucky enough to enjoy running. I am lucky to be able to run. In fact, I am lucky to walk, laugh with my kids, work full time. I am lucky to be able to give back to those who need more luck!



I am racing (not running) the 2008 Chicago Marathon October 11, 2008. I want to qualify for the 2009 Boston Marathon. To do that I have to finish in under 3:10:59. Not an easy task. However, I have wings this year, the hope of finding a cure for blood cancer will lift me. Knowing that I am helping families with parents or children suffering from blood cancers will lift me. I will have more help than I know what to do with.



That is where you come in! There are TOO MANY sick kids out there. I would rather have no extra wings and have to crawl to the finish, than to know these kids are dying of blood cancers.



Glory Gench, Trevor Kott, and thier families will get me through this training and the race. My task is to help their families and others in pain, get through thier race. As of May 15th, I have run 630 miles in 2008. I expect to run well over 500 more miles just in training for this race. I need $.20 per mile. If 100 people give JUST $25, we can meet and beat this goal!!!



Natasha is also in training, she will be running the Nike Women's Marathon the week after I run Chicago! Go Tash.



Please donate, please come back and check on me. You can also view my training log (here) or read updates about Natasha and I and our training (here).



Thank YOU!!!



I hope you will visit my web site often. Be sure to check back frequently to see my progress. Thanks for your support!


Ryan ODonnell

Last Edited on: 08/10/2008

13 comments

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    "Break 3 hours Ryan!!!"
     

    Pierre Harter

    Fri May 23 06:22:21 EDT 2008

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    "Come on Team Madison!!"
     

    Lindi DeLorio

    Thu Jun 05 07:43:36 EDT 2008

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    "Just have some fun. Brad Bailey"
     

    Edward Bailey

    Thu Jun 05 05:03:51 EDT 2008

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    "Run Forrest Run! Congrats on what you've accomplished already this year. Good luck. "
     

    Bruno Maier

    Thu Jun 05 10:31:02 EDT 2008

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    "Good Luck - O'Dogg"
     

    Jeremy Bain

    Sun Jun 15 09:30:45 EDT 2008

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    "Good luck on the running!"
     

    Darrell Neugebauer

    Mon Jun 16 04:12:04 EDT 2008

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    "good luck to you both as you train...I have been inspired a little more to get off my duff...thankds"
     

    Sean Miller

    Wed Jun 18 12:58:25 EDT 2008

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    "Go Ryan GO!"
     

    Ryan Follmann

    Wed Jun 18 04:37:36 EDT 2008

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    "We're proud of you Ry"
     

    Patrick O'Donnell

    Sun Jun 29 10:42:03 EDT 2008

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    "Good Luck! "We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give" - Winston Churchill - Thanks for making a difference in the lives of many... "
     

    Paula Orton

    Wed Jul 09 04:12:35 EDT 2008

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    "Good luck!"
     

    David Pietz

    Fri Jul 18 10:50:37 EDT 2008

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    "Best of luck, Ryan! "
     

    Jeff Weiss

    Wed Jul 23 03:25:33 EDT 2008

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    "From Ryan - thanks to everyone at Pacific/CSG who donated and enjoyed the undercooked brats!"
     

    Ryan O'Donnell

    Mon Aug 04 08:47:11 EDT 2008

My Fundraising Total

Raised: $845.00 | Goal: $2,500.00
 
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My Thanks To

Ryan O'Donnell $140.00
Patrick O'Donnell $125.00
Pierre Harter $100.00
Jeff Weiss $50.00
Terry Collins $50.00
Ryan Follmann $50.00
Sean Miller $50.00
Timothy ODonnell $50.00
Jeremy Bain $50.00
Bruno Maier $50.00
David Pietz $25.00
Paula Orton $25.00
Darrell Neugebauer $25.00
Edward Bailey $25.00
Michael Sohasky $15.00
Lindi DeLorio $15.00