RunNC2008

A 740 mile run across the state of NC to raise money in the fight against cancer

Scott Adams

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Penultimate Day

I must be honest. This morning was hard. I am not sure whether it was the knowing that I was only two days away from finishing or whether I truly hit some plateau. My arms seemed achy. My right leg forced me to grimace with each step because of an Achilles problem and a knee problem. Mentally, I was tired; I was unable to focus on anything but a long day of painful strikes for each step. This is not the way to get through a tough day. One cannot focus on the difficulties that one is facing by ma… Continue

Added by Scott Adams on June 12, 2008 at 10:21pm — 6 Comments

Running on pins and needles

We had family day for the run today with a journey from Elm City to eight miles shy of Washington. Tyler listened to stories and yelled "love you dad" and Mindy put up with me. I must admit the heat and the miles are catching up with me. Though I had energy to run, my feet screamed from running on fire black roads and hot sand. We once again had a little detour adding another 1.5 miles to the end result with a total of 50 miles ending at 4:50PM. Once again we rolled through farm lands as we have… Continue

Added by Scott Adams on June 10, 2008 at 9:53pm — 5 Comments

From the old stump comes new life

I lay here with bags of ice laced across my legs, six, one gallon bags to be precise. This is par for the course of each day out here while we venture across our beautiful state. After the first 20-30 minute icing (or as long as possible) we will go eat. We are all clean and presentable to restaurants of course :-) I ususally eat something on par of two meals at dinner. Later, on the good advice of friends, (Amanda and Jay) I drink an Ensure at night maybe even a beer too (but don't tell). Somet… Continue

Added by Scott Adams on June 3, 2008 at 9:11pm — 4 Comments

Run NC to Raise Funds for Cancer

News for Immediate Release: May 22, 2008 For more information, contact: Scott Adams at (919) 260-7749; Mindy Adams at (919) 260-5107 or (919) 960-0616; Les Chaffin at (919) 451-0741; or Catherine Lazorko at (919) 969-5055 Chapel Hillian Running 744 Miles Across NC to Raise $25,000 for Cancer Starting May 27th, Scott Adams of Chapel Hill will run across North Carolina in hopes of raising $25,000 for the American Cancer Society and its related Hospice Program. Fueled by his compassion for peop… Continue

Added by Scott Adams on May 22, 2008 at 2:23pm — 2 Comments

Donation Page Setup

I have created an event on Team ACS webpage for folks to donate. The webpage address is: http://main.acsevents.org/goto/runnc2008 Continue

Added by Scott Adams on April 28, 2008 at 12:00am — No Comments

American Society has been contacted

I wrote a web email and contacted local office to see how we can get a direct link to post on main page for donations. Continue

Added by Scott Adams on April 25, 2008 at 3:09pm — No Comments

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