This gives me great sympathy for any artist that has to write their acknowledgements page. There isn’t enough room to thank everyone that has made this possible. So I will do some broad sweeping strokes and hope that everyone takes it in the way it was intended: with heartfelt gratitude and a commitment to paying it forward
Achilles International: A parent organization that takes the success and achievements of its chapters as a win for everyone!
Philly Achilles: Without this organization and the dedicated volunteers who make the wheels spin, I never would have made it.
Those who ran: Training with me is interval training, sprints on the down hills and walking on the uphills. Thank you for keeping me going.
Those who pledged: I am humbled by the generousity and support. I reconnected with people that I’d lost touch with. You are friends from my hometown, elementary school, high school, college, the gym, volunteer work, corporate jobs, acting jobs, and family. You are spread out around the city, state, country and world, yet you took the time and effort to go through this with me. When I think of this I feel like the Grinch after his heart grew three sizes.
I am going to skip naming individuals because this would probably end up being a 10,000 word blog post. Just know that I know you carted things, smiled, made me laugh, gave me a kick, laughed at my jokes, sat around and waited, talked me down when I got wound up and cheered along the way.
Thank you to all of you! May you each choose a goal that stretches you physically, mentally and emotionally.
It’s been worth every moment.