I drank what?

One of my favorite movies is Real Genius. The dialog is quick and clever, and the movie is quotable for so many occasions. One that I use a lot when I've done something that causes me panic or uncertainty is "I drank what?" That seems to apply now. As soon as I clicked "submit", all I could think is What have I done?!

I'm now officially registered for the 2017 Chicago Marathon through the American Cancer Society's DetermiNation organization. I've pledged to raise $1,000 (or $2,000 total for the team) for Team Pancakes. You know what this means, right? Time to pry open those check books and make a donation. Because if I'm throwing my kiester around 26 miles of Chicago streets, you guys can make it worth my effort.

Here's my charity page. Help me reach my $1,000 goal. Help Team Pancakes make our $2,000 goal. Not because you want to acknowledge our insanity efforts. But because many of you know someone who has been diagnosed with some sort of cancer. Some of you may have faced a diagnosis. Some may have lost someone due to cancer. Honor their fight or memory with a donation to an organization that not only funds research for a variety of types of cancer, but that also gave over 14,000 rides to cancer patients so they could get to their treatment locations.

So Team Pancakes is now a thing, and we're really doing this. Training plans are set. Registrations completed, and running schedules start next week. T-minus 345 days to the race.

Holy shit. We're really doing this.