Kelrof/Engeye

Hey Everyone! This is the short summary of my Running/fundraising adventure. Kelrof 2007! which I did solo, for 24 hours, as a walkathon for Engeye.

Total, 42 people pledged! you guys rock. I'm genuinely impressed at the generosity of friends, family, and people that barely know me! It's humbling how much y'all are supporting both me and Engeye. Although based on the pledge schemes, some of you (AK) may have been more interested in convincing me to hurt myself. Worry not, for our goals're aligned. 

This is the first e-mail I sent to almost everyone I knew. It broached the idea and asked for donations.

Then came the Event, and the tale I told to donors can be found here.

I also made a pretty sweet movie (for my first try ever) which should be up until Youtube removes it for terms of use violations (though I did edit the song!)

 

 

On Charity:

For if ye love them that love you, what reward have ye? do not even the publicans the same? And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye more `than others?' do not even the Gentiles the same? Ye therefore shall be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect. Matthew 5:46-48

Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares. Hebrews 13:2

 

On Running:

"Curiosity, to me, is about pushing the envelope. How much can we do? What limits can we break? You ever hear about that guy Jim Dreyer? Well he had a lifelong fear of the water from a near drowning when he was a kid. So he finally grows up and decides: 'You know what? I'm signing up for beginning swimming lessons. I'm getting over this.' Well, now Dreyer has swam across Lake Michigan. He holds all kinds of crazy swimming records. Why do people do these nutty things? I think we see boundaries, limitations, and we naturally want to see how hard we can challenge them. That's just part of everybody's makeup. Most people act on it in minor ways. A few of these ultra-athletes take it to extremes." Sports psychologist Alan Goldberg, Amherst, Mass.

"Me? Hah! I only run when chased." Kenji Sasaki