I’ve got a small favor to ask of you.  I’m running the 2010 ING NYC Marathon on November 7, 2010 in support of the LIVESTRONG foundation, and those 28 million people living around the world with cancer.

To the point, I’m asking for a donation, a pledge, a charitable contribution of a few dollars to help this great organization do some good work.

- You can donate online here - http://fundraising.livestrong.org/teamls2010/thomasolesnevich

- If you’d like to know more about the LIVESTRONG organization, you can read up on them at http://www.livestrong.org

- If you’d like to keep up with my training, just respond to this email, mention that, and I’ll keep you in the loop.  Better yet, come on a training run with me!

To make things more interesting, I’m setting two public goals.  First, I’d like to raise a minimum of $5,000 by November 7th, Marathon Sunday.  Second, I’ll be aiming to shave an hour off of my first marathon time of 4h 31m (2007 NYC Marathon).  In 2007 I trained for 4 weeks.  This year I’ve started my training at a more knee-friendly 15 weeks out.  With your help, I have no doubt that both goals are possible.

Thanks for reading.  I hope you can spare a few dollars.  And if you can’t, I completely understand.  I’d really appreciate it though if you’d tell a friend (or two!).

Many thanks, way, way, waaay in advance!

Me, running w/ my buddy Jack, in 2007: