Capon Valley Run

The weekend after the Race for Hope, we participated in another charity run. Considering that it was a 50k, through the woods, up and down mountain and stream, for this one we volunteered.



136 runners starting the race, almost all finished.



We helped man an aid station 19 miles into the course, set up where the running trail crosses the road. The runners were remarkable athletes. The first two showed up at our aid station 2 hours and 20 minutes after starting. Both passed us by without stopping, just waved and said a few cheerful words as they passed. The lead runner was the fittest person I have ever seen. He had hardly broken a sweat, was breathing normally, and basically looked like he was just jogging around the neighborhood.

Race for Hope

Lizz and I did the Race for Hope last weekend to benefit brain cancer research. We went as part of the Revolution Health team. This cause is a big one for Revolution, as the founder Steve Case lost his brother to brain cancer. According to interviews with Case, that experience influenced him to get involved in reforming health care and starting Revolution Health.



Steve ran the race too. He ran up and jumped into the picture just as we were taking it, jumped right in front of me. Steve is the guy to the left of the sign, wearing a light blue shirt and no hat. I am the face right behind his. Lizz is the face hanging just over his left shoulder. (This picture is shrunken - click it to get the full picture). Readers from the dot com era will remember Steve as the guy who built AOL, and bought Time Warner just before it all crashed.