Vinny is one of my many cousins that help make up my ridiculously awesome family. And one supercool thing about my family is how close my cousins actually are. We all get along, we hang out, we text, we call, we have cousins dates...we grew up together and we still hang--it is pretty awesome. Vinny and I are close in age, we went to high school together, and our relationship has gone through different stages of "closeness" throughout the years. Over the past few years, we have become pretty tight again, and even though he continually tells me that I am low down on his lists of cousins, I think he would agree.
I have chosen to write this blog about Vinny today because I think he is **awesome**. Vinny and I both ran the San Diego Marathon in 2009 with Team in Training.In running the marathon, Vinny tapped back into something that he had a long time ago and he has taken his love for running to a whole new level. It is inspiring to watch him run, to hear him talk about running and, most recently, to read his blog (http://vinnycapp.blogspot.com/). (Oh and we were lucky enough to get his awesome girlfriend Nichole out of the deal too...they met while training for the marathon!)
Vinny is running his first Ultra on Sunday, the Caumsett State Park 50k. This is just a step along the way towards his ultimate goal at completing a 100 mile race. 100 miles--can you even fathom running that far? I know I can't. But Vinny, he can...and he will, I know he will. And what an achievement that will be!!
So, today, I am sending all of my positive vibes and thoughts to my supercool cousin Vinny--I am so proud of you, cousin, and I will be thinking about you tomorrow!! I can't wait to come out to be a pacer during your 100 mile run (I will be wearing a headlamp!). GOOD LUCK TOMORROW!!!!
Vinny and I back in the day.
Vin and I last summer after the mudrun in Philly.
Vin--just FYI, my mom cried when she read this. Shocker.
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