I don’t want this to be one of those Academy Award speeches where the music cues and they give the speaker the hook as they fade to a commercial, but I do want to make sure that I thank all of the appropriate people regarding Triple Lakes, so here it goes, and if I missed anyone, I sincerely apologize!
To all of the people who donated to the Disabled American Veterans, THANK YOU! We are at $850 of a goal of $2000, so if you were waiting to see if I actually pulled it off, I did! Please click HERE TO DONATE. The Just Giving page will remain active and I still hope to hit the goal. Ever the optimist. These men and women are heroes and have earned our support.
To the volunteers, workers, and race director. THANK YOU! Like I told one of you at the 23-mile aid station, we couldn’t torture ourselves without you. It was a great race and a great day, and I am so appreciative of what you all do for us.
To my social media friends, via the blog, Instagram, Fitbit, Strava, and YouTube. THANK YOU! I hear so often how I inspire you, and how I help you. YOU ALL inspire me, and help me more than you will ever know. I leaned on all of you during the race and I am so humbled by the love and support that you all show me.
To my friends and family, I love you all so much, and I am so grateful for the way that you all believe in me. Each one of your interactions is a stepping stone to everything that I do. Running Brother Dave, you were the first stepping stone in my journey, and I’ll be forever grateful to you for getting me into this crazy addiction called running. THANK YOU ALL!
To my wife. I thank god constantly that you are by my side. I am sorry that I get up early to run, I am sorry that I go out at night to run, I am sorry that I run when we are on vacation, I am sorry that I run on Saturday and Sunday, and I am sorry that I will keep running and running. THANK YOU for understanding and supporting me. I know that I couldn’t do this without YOU.
Tomorrow the race report will post, I hope you all enjoy it. THANK YOU!
Peace. Joe the Runner
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Yay Joe!!!???✌?
Thank you Rose! And thank you for ALWAYS supporting me! My wife and I will be going to see our daughter at university in the spring and would love to have dinner with you and your husband! Peace. Joe
Awesome bud !!!
You did absolutely great !!!
Thanks for keeping us all in the loop with your running on a day to day basis, we are all learning so much from the articles you post the vlogs you put up and just the messages and conversations that gets exchanged between all of us, as we follow this running path with you.
Keep it coming, your blogs/Vlog/postings/messages has been a valuable tool for me to enable me to cut down on errors I would have certainly made if I had not dived into the advice that had been provided so clearly on your various information platforms.
Thanks again Joe !
Go well !
Herman, I appreciate that, and I will definitely keep sharing my journey. I still make tons of mistakes and they are great ways for all of us to learn! Peace. Joe