In the Rough - The Blog of Joel McDonald Jr.

The plan for this weekends Running for Change groups at the Shamrock Marathon, Half-Marathon, and 8K are posted here!

I’m looking forward to a great weekend!

Four days left until I embark the 13.1 grueling, yet satisfying, miles of the Shamrock Half-Marathon here in Virginia Beach!

I’m excited, nervous, and in a little bit of pain from the last training run I took. While I trained more for this year’s race than I did last year, I still didn’t train as well as I should have. By comparison, the farthest I had run prior to the event last year was 3 miles; this year I managed 7.

In addition to the actual run, I’m organizing Obama supporters to show their support by wearing Obama gear (shirts, buttons, etc) as runners and spectators. I’m calling this Running for Change. Custom shirts, and other items, for this can be found at this Cafepress Shop. So far, 17 people have signed up to participate!

I’ll certainly be blogging more about the run after Sunday. Stay turned!

I got my Running Change shirt and buttons this past Wednesday! I’m very happy with the quality. Unfortunately, the ones I got are the only one that use the Obama logo wholesale, as Cafepress pinged me for copyright soon after I put my order in. I quickly changed the logo, which I think is even better, and so far so go there.

You can pick up your own Running for Change gear to support Obama at running events, groups, in your location. Just visit http://www.cafepress.com/rtgdesigns! All items are provided at cost, with no profit going to me of any sort.

I’m still trying to organize runners at the Shamrock Marathon/Half-Marathon/8K coming up on March 15th and 16th. To sign up, visit the Marathon/Half-Marathon event page or the 8K event page on BarackObama.com.

See you there!

You can check out Running for Change, and other great events and meetings to participate in, on the VB Dems Calendar.

While I was out for a run today, and was thinking about the campaign and what more I could do, I had an idea.

Hopefully there are others who, like me, are registered to run the upcoming Shamrock Marathon/Half-Marathon/8K on March 15th & 16th. I thought it would be amazing if we could have a group of runners at each event running together and sporting Obama shirts, chanting (YES WE CAN…very applicable!), and whatnot. You can sign up for these events at BarackObama.com.

I’ve created a special logo and opened a Cafepress shop so those interested can pick up shirts, buttons, and more. These items are provided at cost with absolutely no profit going to me.

The link is http://www.cafepress.com/rtgdesigns

If you’re not running in the Shamrock, running other races, etc, please feel free to pick up something from the shop as well.