Hey everyone,

I was the lucky recipient of one of the 90 slots given out for the Badwater
Ultramarathon this year on July 24th. The race runs 135 miles from Death
Valley to Mount Whitney Portal. It should be quite the adventure!

Each year I use my most challenging event to raise money for the Challenged
Athletes' Foundation; a not-for-profit that provides funding to assist
physically challenged athletes' with adaptive sports equipment and training.
To date, I have raised over $350,000 for the CAF.

With the event covering 135 miles (or 712,800 feet), over the course of the
event, I will take roughly 237,000 steps. To raise money this year, I am
asking folks to sponsor a single step for the princely sum of $1.00. I
figure if I can get 237,000 people to send me a dollar, the CAF will be
quite happy. If you would like to send more ($2.00, $5.00) that's
wonderful, but I'm only asking for $1.00. So far over $20,000 has been
raised through the "one step challenge"!

Everyone who donates will get their name posted on my event website
(www.ponyexpressrun.com) and have one entry for each dollar donated (step
sponsored) in a raffle full of really neat things donated by my event
sponsors. If you can help out by donating a single dollar (or change
equivalent), please visit my website (www.ponyexpressrun.com) and click on
the "support a step" link. You can either mail a buck to me or send it via
paypal (details are on my site).

Thanks everyone! I appreciate the support!
Bobby