50 fives by Fifty-Five. That means I am going to be running in 50 5k road races, with one in every state, before I reach the age of….. well, you figure it out!
I am choosing to run across the country for two reasons. For one, its an adventure that, as near as I know, no one has ever done before. Seems like it would be fun to be the first to accomplish something like that.
And secondly, I am trying to raise awareness nationally of the critical need for the development of programs for attaining math and science excellence in the education of young people in the U.S. I hope you’ll check out some of the information and links found elsewhere on this site, and learn about the challenge, and tremendous opportunity that we have before us.
Hopefully, raising awarness of the purpose will move people’s spirit to volunteer their time, or contribute to the cause.