My Vision - A First Major Milestone reached

June 7th, 2009 by Vaishnav

Greetings everyone. This is my first post on this blog since joining TFH. I am writing this post to inform more people about TFH and my goal. I will post here whenever I reach a major milestone towards reaching my goal. For more frequent updates, please visit my twitter page at http://twitter.com/vaishnavsr

What is TFH (Train for Humanity)?

TFH is a non-profit that aims to encourage everyday people to attempt a physical challenge that is outside their normal comfort zone. By doing so, TFH athletes hope to raise awareness about poverty in third world countries. The goal of each athlete is to raise at least a thousand dollars which is then sent to charity that serves in the third world.

Read more at http://trainforhumanity.org/about/mission

My goal

I had a goal of running the 2008 Melbourne Marathon back in October, but an exciting game of soccer in June quickly ended that with a fracture which set me back several months in training. Fortunately, the cast came off late last year and I set myself a goal of running the 2009 Melbourne Marathon. At the same time, I decided to join TFH, hoping that my personal ambition might also help benefit a few others.

I wrote an initial post on my profile and outlined my goals. I also started a twitter page to keep people updated about my running.

Current status

I am glad to say that as of the evening of Friday, 5 June 2009, I have finished the marathon for only the second time in my life. My first time ever running a distance of over 40 km was back in February 2006 on East Coast Park in Singapore, which was quickly ended by a foot injury. And I have yet to run an marathon official event outside these personal training sessions.

Future Goal

Having reached my initial goal sooner than October 2009, I have decided to set myself a new goal of trying to run the marathon in under 3 hours and 45 minutes by October.

You can help by following by progress at my twitter page: http://twitter.com/vaishnavsr

And of course, don’t forget to donate by clicking the link on the right of my page: http://trainforhumanity.org/author/vaishnav

DPDO Thank You Letter

June 1st, 2009 by Mark Hayward

A couple of months ago Train for Humanity made its first donation to Darfur Peace & Development Organization and I thought that I would share this thank you letter from their Schools Program Coordinator:

Also, to continue with our commitment to transparency here is the receipt from our $1500.00 donation:

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