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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The 2nd annual Hot Chocolate 15K was, quite appropriately, run on Valentine's Day this year. It was very cold (21 degrees at start time) but 7,000 enthusiastic runners turned up to run regardless. From Bicentennial Park, through downtown, across the Church Street Bridge, toward Vandy, around Centennial Park, and back, it was a great course with several challenging hills. But oh, what a blast.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sum Ergo Zoom, the endurance sports team of Parish Pres, the Chalmers Fund, and the King's Meadow Study Center, not only has a <a href="http://sumergozoom.com/">web page</a> and a <a href="https://twitter.com/SumZoom">Twitter feed</a>, we've now also got a <a href="https://www.facebook.com/SumErgoZoom">Facebook page</a>. So now, folks can follow us in whatever way is most convenient for them. Keep up with all our efforts to raise scholarship funds for worthy, needy students as well as all the events we're planning this year--from the Atlanta Trail Ragnar to the Country Music Marathon, the 2014 Uttermost to the St. Jude Memphis Marathon, from the Franklin Classic to the Tennessee Ragnar.</span>gileskirkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11546229381528820614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16391537.post-80233293726017538242014-02-16T05:59:00.001-06:002014-02-16T05:59:24.429-06:00Hot Chocolate 15K<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This morning I had my best run since the accident in Birmingham. It was still just a five-miler. But, my pace was surprisingly brisk--especially in the last mile. And, it felt great. If I had been able to spend a bit more time, I felt as if I could really keep running at that pace another two or three miles. Maybe, just maybe, I can ramp up for St. Jude--and hopefully, without injury.</span>gileskirkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11546229381528820614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16391537.post-79008962666433401872013-11-04T09:12:00.002-06:002013-11-04T09:12:59.229-06:00October Totals<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Despite a slow recovery from the Uttermost and the near-disastrous accident on the streets of Birmingham, October was a pretty good month: I finished with over 155 total miles. And, my pace was a real surprise--albeit, coming in mostly in really short spurts. Still, I'll take it. </span>gileskirkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11546229381528820614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16391537.post-67607852331411136762013-10-19T14:11:00.004-05:002013-11-04T09:21:02.435-06:00Wary of the Traffic<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<!--StartFragment--><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This past Wednesday morning while running in Birmingham, I was very nearly hit by a a speeding car. It swerved around a corner and zoomed toward me in the pedestrian crossing. I was somehow able to lunge to the side of the road before stumbling over the curb and going down hard. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />I've got a few nasty scrapes. And, I'm sore all over. My shoulder is particularly achy several days later. But, other than that, I count myself very fortunate. <br /><br />You hear about stuff like this all the time. Thankfully, I'm back out on the roads--I've lost a couple of days of my scheduled training for the St. Jude Marathon and I'm no where near where I need to be on my long runs (my shoulder starts really hurting at about mile 4, so I am curtailing the length of my workouts for the time being). <br /><br />You can be sure though: I will be far more wary than I ever have been before this brush with disaster.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">On the first Saturday in December I will join all the other St. Jude Heroes running the 26.2 mile course in</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Memphis. But, as great an accomplishment that will be for us, it pales in comparison to the race (both figurative and literal) that Hillary has run. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hooked up to fluids and an IV pole, with a mask covering her face to protect her from infection, Hillary walked the hallways and corridors in the Bone Marrow Transplant Unit at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. When she turned the final corner, a crowd of onlookers broke into loud cheers and applause. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">With confetti flying around her, Hillary hugged her mother, then members of her care team.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Wow. What an inspiration. <a href="http://ow.ly/pMaXh">What a story</a>.</span></div>
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<br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In just a few weeks I will be running the St. Jude Marathon in Memphis. Once again, I will be running the 26.2 miles for a very special cause. I will be raising funds for essential cancer research. If you'd like to make a pledge, you can do so online right here on my <a href="http://fundraising.stjude.org/site/TR?px=2006786&fr_id=4820&pg=personal">St. Jude fundraising site</a>. My goal is to raise $1000 for St. Jude Children's Hospital this year. Won't you help?<br /><br />The reason I picked St. Jude as the focus of my fundraising efforts is actually very simple to explain: this nationally renowned children's charity hospital is one of the most remarkable and effective medical research institutions anywhere in the world. St. Jude has treated children from across the United States and from more than 70 foreign countries. And yet ability to pay is never an issue because St. Jude is the only pediatric research center where families never pay for treatment not covered by insurance, and families without insurance are never asked to pay. Not one penny! Not ever! Zip! Zilch! Nada!<br /><br />The treatment of children and the onging research at St. Jude includes work in bone marrow transplantation, chemotherapy, the biochemistry of normal and cancerous cells, radiation treatment, blood diseases, resistance to therapy, viruses, hereditary diseases, infectious diseases, and psychological effects of catastrophic illnesses. Vital work, indeed. And again, always made available to families regardless of their financial means.<br /><br />Obviously, this kind of care is very expensive. Won't you help me support the remarkable ministry of St. Jude to children and families battling cancer? Please donate now and come back to visit my <a href="http://fundraising.stjude.org/site/TR?px=2006786&fr_id=4820&pg=personal">St. Jude site</a> often. Tell others about what I'm trying to do. Learn how my effort to help find cures and save lives is going. I need your support to help me reach my fundraising goal for the kids of St. Jude. Oh yes, and do pray for my training!<br /><br />It costs $1.8 million a day to operate St. Jude. Did you know that 70% of the funds come from the folks like you and me? That means your donation, no matter what the size, will help!<br /><br />How your donation helps:</span><div>
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gileskirkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11546229381528820614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16391537.post-40663003335520579342013-09-27T14:35:00.000-05:002013-10-12T14:36:28.461-05:00We Did It!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;">We did it! Together we did it. Thank you to everyone who worked so hard to make the </span><a data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/page.php?id=1378556215698305&extragetparams=%7B%22directed_target_id%22%3A0%7D" href="http://www.crowdrise.com/uttermost/fundraiser/drgrant" style="background-color: white; color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">Uttermost Challenge</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;"> such a great success. 500 miles run. 1500 miles biked. 13 miles swum. But most importantly, $30,000 raised for families in need. Sum Ergo Zoom! Soli Deo Gloria!</span><br />gileskirkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11546229381528820614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16391537.post-43895610532843035732013-09-26T05:50:00.002-05:002013-09-26T05:50:27.199-05:00The End of the Beginning<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Fewer miles running this week--because I've finished the run portion of the challenge: 500 miles in 12 weeks. I finished the swim portion last week: 13 miles. So now, only 80 miles of biking remain--with one week to go. I want to finish those miles with the whole FCS community at the Uttermost Festival this coming Thursday and Friday at the Shelby Bottoms Greenway near downtown Nashville.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I am now at or over the halfway mark for all three disciplines: run, bike, and swim. But, with the academic year getting underway this next week, the miles are going to be a lot harder to come by--simply because the time is going to be a lot harder to come by. Thankfully, I am just a bit ahead of schedule at this point. And, so far, I've been spared all but the most minor of injuries.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Now that there is just a glimmer of light at the end of the tunnel, it is time for me to start ramping up the fundraising part of the challenge. I still have <i>$22,000</i> to go to reach my goal. <a href="http://ow.ly/nOchH">Won't you help me get across the finish line?</a></span>gileskirkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11546229381528820614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16391537.post-32671618359966758782013-08-03T10:09:00.005-05:002013-08-03T10:09:47.645-05:00Uttermost Progress: Week 5<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The first month of the Uttermost Challenge 2013 is now in the books. This week, we made good progress, particularly in the biking and swimming portions of the challenge.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Monday: 3 miles running, 59 miles biking</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Tuesday: 5 miles running, 59 miles biking, 2000 yards swimming</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Wednesday: 6 miles running, 59 miles biking, 4500 yards swimming</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Thursday: 3 miles running, 66 miles biking, 4000 yards swimming</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Friday: 7 miles running, 67 miles biking, 4000 yards swimming</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Saturday: 5 miles running, 13 miles biking</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sunday: Sabbath Rest</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;">Total running miles: 29</span><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;">Total biking miles: 323 </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;">Total swimming yards: 14,500</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;">Overall running miles: 147</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;">Overall biking miles: 701</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">Grand total milage goal: 2013</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;">The purpose of this challenge is to raise $30,000 in scholarships for worthy, needy students. I am entirely resolved to make certain that no child be denied a Christian education simply because of a lack of financial means. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;">Won't you join me in the important cause? <a href="http://www.crowdrise.com/uttermost/fundraiser/drgrant">You can donate to our scholarship fund right online</a>--any amount, large or small is very much appreciated.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Three weeks in and the miles are starting to add up. The end is hardly in sight, but it appears that I am on track. The swimming portions start this week.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Monday: 5 miles running, 12 miles biking</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Tuesday: 6 miles running, 14 miles biking</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Wednesday: 3 miles running, 18 miles biking</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Thursday: 7 miles running, 24 miles biking</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Friday: 3 miles running, 76 miles biking</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Saturday: 9 miles running, 12 miles biking</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;">Total running miles: 37</span><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;">Total biking miles: 156</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;">Overall running miles: 118</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;">I am taking on this challenge in an effort to raise $30,000 in scholarships for worthy, needy students. I strongly believe no child should be denied a Christian education simply because of finances. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;">Won't you help me help them? <a href="http://www.crowdrise.com/uttermost/fundraiser/drgrant">You can give right online</a>--any amount, large or small is greatly appreciated.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;">Day 12: 5 mile run and 36 miles on the bike </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;">Day 11: 7 mile run and 22 miles on the bike</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Well, we want to raise $30,000 for the Chalmers Fund to provide scholarships for worthy, needy students. Won't you support us? You can give <a href="http://www.crowdrise.com/uttermost/fundraiser/drgrant">online right here, right now</a>.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />This July, August, and September, I will embark on the toughest physical challenge I have ever attempted: running 500 miles, biking 1500 miles, and swimming 13 miles. The purpose is to raise the much needed financial support for the Chalmers Fund to provide scholarships to needy, worthy students. This year, our goal is to raise $30,000. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2. Beat LeBron and the Heat.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">3. Show the world real class in the process.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Just another day at the beach.</span>gileskirkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11546229381528820614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16391537.post-28210269748547403452013-06-03T14:33:00.001-05:002013-06-03T14:33:19.772-05:00Next Up: The Uttermost Challenge<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">With this one now in the books, it is time to lay out the next challenge. So, I thought, "Why not go for broke?"</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And, that's exactly what I'm going to attempt to do. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Over the course of the summer I am going to try to tackle 500 miles running, 1500 miles biking, and 13 miles swimming--for a grand total of 2013. Along the way, I hope to garner support for our Chalmers Scholarship Fund benefiting deserving, needy students.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A great cause deserves a great challenge.</span>gileskirkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11546229381528820614noreply@blogger.com