Last August, I stumbled into the idea of running the North Pole Marathon. Early in December, I realized it was a dumb ass idea – at least for me – as I’d never be ready for it given the inconsistent training I did in the fall. So – I decided not to run it (at least not in 2007.) As Kenny Rogers once said, sometimes you’ve got to “know when to fold ‘em, know when to walk away, know when to run.” I’m not running this time – I’m going to fold ‘em instead.
The original idea was that the University of Alaska at Fairbanks was going to sponsor me. However, they ran into some budget issues and ended up not being able to do this. In the mean time, I’d fronted the money for the entry (about $10,000.) So – as karma would have it – I decided that I would sponsor someone to run it in conjunction with YourRunning (one of my investments via The Enthusiast Group.)
So – if you have the desire, courage, or basic insanity to take a shot at running the the North Pole Marathon, go to the YourRunning site and apply to be the guy (or gal) we sponsor. You’ve got to fill out an application – we are only going to sponsor one person. YourRunning is tossing in round trip airfare, which increases the approximate value of this sponsorship to $12,000.
If this is not for you, but you know someone (other than me) that this might be for, please feel free to pass this along. We’ll definitely be highlighting some of the “more interesting” applicants.