Of Marathons and Multiple Sclerosis

My beautiful and kind wife, Amy Melnikoff Rosenberg, is going to run the NYC Marathon on November 6th. This is her first marathon, and she has been training like crazy for months now. She runs 4 or 5 times a week. This past weekend, she completed a 21-mile training run. I cannot tell you how impressive this is to me, as I am mostly sedentary and the idea of walking the four blocks to 23rd Street fills me with dread. I'm very proud of what she's accomplished so far and I cannot wait to see her in action in just a few weeks time.

As part of her participation in the race, Amy is fundraising for the NYC chapter of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society. Our Aunt Linda was diagnosed with MS in 1998 and Amy is running in the hope that the money raised will help to find a cure for her. Amy has already raised an impressive amount of money, but is a little short of her $3,000 goal. If any of you would like to help out by donating to the cause, please donate here. I would love it if you guys could help Amy meet her goal (or surpass it, even -- I know our readers are capable of tremendous generosity).

Goats will also be donating $1 for every shirt sold between now and the end of October, so that's a good way to help out as well.

Thanks in advance for your help and largesse. I'll be sure to post here after the race and let you know how things went.