After taking a cross country trip, writer Bobby Troup composed the song, "(Get Your Kicks On) Route 66." The song made famous this stretch of highway (US 66) from Chicago to Los Angeles.
Although I'll have some "tune up" races and runs prior to this, that starting point, Chicago, is the sight of my next Abbott World Marathon Majors race, the Bank of America Chicago Marathon. On October 9th (exactly one month before I turn 51), I will set out to complete the 2nd of 6 World Marathon Majors. My goal is to complete all 6 before I turn 60!
This year, 2016, is the year that I'm challenging myself, physically, to run 4 full marathons, and per the schedule, the BoA Chicago Marathon will be number 3 for the year (I already have completed the Fort Smith (Arkansas) Marathon on Feb. 14th and will run the Lincoln (Nebraska) Marathon on May 1st).
Once again, I will be running for a reason and that reason is to raise awareness and money for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis, TN (the site of my 4th and final Marathon of the year!). The founder of St. Jude's, Danny Thomas, once said, "No child should die in the dawn of life." That together with the Mission of St. Jude's, "Finding Cures. Saving Children." is what keeps my focus during the long training in all types of weather. St. Jude is a wonderful organization and I encourage you to go to www.stjude.org for further information.
Over the next 7 months leading up to the BoA Chicago Marathon and through the rest of the year, I'll be documenting this journey via this blog, Facebook, Twitter, Periscope and Instagram. Here is how to find me and keep up:
Twitter/Periscope: @_timpeterson
Instgram: tcpeterson01
Facebook: search for Tim Peterson and ask for a "friend request"
Follow along and "join" me on this "trip" as I "Get my "kicks" at the start of Route 66!"
Now, let's go "run the world!"
[to support my efforts as a St. Jude Hero for the Bank of America Chicago Marathon, go to heroes.stjude.org/timpeterson]
