OK, re-rebooting and re-running.
I’m in the process of updating and doing some redesign on the
RebootYou website at www.rebootyou.com.
More details to come. Yes, it’s about time!
I’m also running in the 2013 ING New York Marathon on Nov.
3. This time I’m running for USTA Serves,
the charitable foundation of the U.S. Tennis Association. USTA Serves brings
tennis – and more – to underserved and disabled people with an extensive
program that combines tennis and education. You can learn more about USTA
Serves and how it carries out its mission at the USTA Serves website. I encourage you
to take a look. This organization is doing a lot of good for a lot of deserving
people.
You may be wondering if I have
suddenly taken up tennis. No, the tennis player in the family is Tami, and it
was through her membership in the U.S. Tennis Association that I learned about
USTA Serves being an official charitable sponsor of the New York Marathon. When
she got the USTA email telling her about the sponsorship, we both got excited
because this would give us a way to do good and have fun at the same time.
By raising money for USTA Serves, I
could earn a guaranteed a spot in the race. Which is a big deal, given that it
is difficult to get into the New York Marathon in any case. Unless you run for
a charity, to get in you have to compete for a spot in a lottery with about a
zillion other people, and until I learned about USTA Serves, I was not
seriously motivated to run for one of the other sponsoring charities. What’s
more, getting in this year’s race was especially challenging because everyone
who was officially entered in last year’s Sandy-cancelled race has an automatic
pass into the 2013 event. But being able to run for USTA Serves changed all
that for us – this is really Tami’s and my race.
So I will be getting my own street
view of New York’s five boroughs on Nov. 3, taking a few small steps to bring
tennis to people who might not otherwise have an opportunity to play. I’ll be
blogging about my training along with continuing thoughts about rebooting. Hope
you’ll come along for the ride. Or the run, as the case may be!
