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Welcome to the 460 Miles blog.  This blog will document a pledge by our family to run 460 miles in the next year.  This pledge begins on November 10th, as I run the FCA 5k and my two oldest kids, J and C, run the FCA 1 mile in Fredericksburg, VA.  (I have two other kids, K1 and K2, but as they are still under 5, they arent quite up for the mile. B-dad will be watching them during the race) The 460 miles will be logged during races as well as outdoor training runs and we hope you will join us in celebrating this journey.

Why would anyone want to pledge such a thing?  460 Miles is the distance from our house to my brother's house.  Last week, he suddenly lost his wife and the mother of his two young children.  We recently made the trip (by car) and expect to do so many times in the next year.  We hope that our journey this year will produce some good, and perhaps encourage others.

So what do you have to do with this?  I thought about asking for pledges to raise funds for his children, but I could easily direct anyone wishing to donate for a fund already set up for them.  In this blog, I would rather encourage you to pay it forward.  For every mile that we run, I would like to hear about a random act of kindness performed in their honor. 

Thank you for reading and we will see you at the finish line!