Well, I’m one of those guys with a blog now! Finally, a place where I can be master of my domain (literally). Thanks for taking the plunge into my blog, I guess. Approximately a million people have asked me to “keep them updated” with my travels this summer and, being someone who is bad at keeping in touch (ask my sisters), I thought that starting a blog was the way to go. My friends Mam and 🅱eter had a Vlog their freshman year that failed spectacularly; thankfully I was able to learn from their mistakes.

For the uninitiated, this summer I’ll be running across the country with the Ulman Cancer Fund’s 4K for Cancer! Team Boston woohoo! You can read about the Ulman Cancer fund and the 4K here. TL;DR is that they do awesome work in support of young adults with cancer and their families. The 4K has raised over $600,000 this year, Ulman is a great charity (unlike many charities), and you can donate to my run here all the way through September. Donors will receive a postcard from… somewhere in the US! This seems like a great time to give a HUGE THANK YOU to all of my generous donors! Couldn’t have reached my fundraising goal without you all! Thanks for making this possible! Also, thanks to my man Brandon Rossi, who photographed my header pic, which is the comically large (65) heat of the 5K that I ran at Swarthmore last month.

So, I’ll fly out to San Fran on Wednesday, orientation is Friday and Saturday, and Day 1 of running is on Sunday. Not sure how I feel about going, other than stressed! So much to do still. I’m really excited to meet my teammates! We’re going to have a lot of fun on Team Boston. Which means I should stop writing this introductory blog post and get back to work. But one way (other than donating) that YOU, reader, can get involved is by commenting (emailing, texting, facebooking, whatever) a song that reminds you of someone who has battled cancer! Our team has a playlist that we’re making of songs that remind us of people we’re running for and/or are named after places we’re running through. I think it’ll be a cool way to keep those people in our hearts and minds as we’re running across America. That’s all for now, I guess I’ll give an update from the airport on Wednesday!