Train for Humanity has been live and online for about five weeks now!

I am still amazed that we get two or three emails on a daily basis from prospective "everyday athletes" and we TRULY appreciate all of the support and kindness that we have received from the larger blogging and social media community.

Considering we created and launched this initiative from scratch and have promoted only with social media, we are quite pleased with the site’s traffic. To date, Train for Humanity has had just about 22,000 pageviews and we have raised $1,200.

Darfur - Latest News

The latest news from Darfur is not promising, in fact, the UN is reporting:

"Recent violence in Sudan’s troubled Darfur region has left at least 40,000 civilians displaced in the last two months alone."

To put things into perspective, 2.5 million Darfuri have already been displaced, which is just about equivalent to the population of Chicago. What would political leaders and the global community do if the (whole) population of Chicago had to suddenly flee because of horrific violence?

Our Training Update - for the past week 

Mark Hayward

Mon 10/13: swim 1/2hour; run 5miles

Tue 10/14: Hurricane Omar prep (no workout) 
Wed 10/15: Hurricane Omar due to hit (no workout)

Thu 10/16: Hurricane Omar MISSED but had to breakdown shutters (no workout)

Fri 10/17: ran 5miles

Sat 10/18: ran 5miles

Dan Clements

Mon 10/13: 5k run

Tue 10/14: 10K bike

Wed 10/15: off

Thu 10/16: 5 k run

Fri 10/17: 18k run - my last long run before the race!

Sat 10/18: off

Leo Babauta

Mon 10/13: 7 miles

Tue 10/14: weights

Wed 10/15: 7 miles w/ 600m intervals

Sick rest of the week (missed a race I wanted to run!) I’m feeling a lot better now and should be running again this week.

Please Note: Dan Clements is running the Niagara Falls Half-Marathon THIS coming Sunday, October 26 for Train for Humanity. That’s 13 miles! If you would like to sponsor Dan, Leo Babauta, who is training for the Honolulu Marathon, or Mark Hayward as he prepares for his first triathlon, the Miami Man Olympic Distance, we would truly appreciate your support. ALL of the monies will be going to Darfur Peace & Development. Finally, big thank you to Colleen Wainwright for her kind mention of Train for Humanity and to Mark Salinas for letting me guest post this week.