Welcome!

Hello everyone!
I wanted to get this thing up and running so that anyone who is interested can start to follow my progress!

This upcoming April I am going to be running the Boston Marathon and I will be running with Children's Hospital Boston, a truly amazing hospital for kids and families and also for researchers and physicians. Those of you who know me might be aware of my other blog, HopeMD, a fabulous blog (if I do say so myself) about navigating the pre-med adventure in college and one that chronicles my desire to be a pediatrician down the road. So the Children's Hospital Boston Miles for Miracles Team really is the best possible fit for me to run this historical race!

I envision this blog to serve two major purposes. First and foremost it is to serve as a linking mechanism to my Miles for Miracles homebase website which is where you all can help me fundraise for hospital research. I need to raise $4000 (but $5000 is an even better goal!) and I need as much help from my support base as possible. If all my friends and family chip in, I'll have that goal met and more!

The second purpose of this blog is to update anyone who is interested in my path to becoming a marathon running rock star, of course! I'll begin really hardcore training toward the end of the year (think mid December or so) and that's when the posts here will shift a little from fundraising efforts to let you all know how bad my shin splints are! I plan on posting my training schedule and milage, plus links to relevant running information as well as information about what Children's Hospital Boston has going on (pretty innovative research going on over there!)

So that's that for now! I'll be tinkering around a bit, trying to get up some Miles for Miracles banners and whatnot with some very visible links to my fundraising page, haha.

Let me know if you are interested in helping me raise the goods for a really excellent cause!

Talk to you all soon,

~E