In early 2019, my wife noticed that our 14 year-old daughter would occasionally get an frightened look on her face. Working through a series of doctors, these episodes were diagnosed as seizures and by mid-Febraury, we were told she had a brain tumor.

By the time she had surgery in late April, the seizures had gotten more severe--she had three grand mal seizures, including one on Easter Sunday and one as she was getting prepped for surgery.

After an 8-hour long surgery, our Neurosurgeon, Dr. Halvorson, and Neuro-oncologist, Dr. Skrypek, had wonderful news for us. They believed they were able to completely remove the tumor and that it was low-grade (not-cancerous) and that Macie would make a full recovery.

Other than a nasty scar, which is mostly hidden by her hair, and an eye that was a bit wonkey at first, she's recovered remarkably well.

We were extremely fortunate and are raising money as a way to express our gratitude for all the wonderful, caring staff at Children's Hospital.

Strain Delay

Like a knucklehead, I ended up straining my calf aa week before I was planning to run. Because Grandma's was already cancelled and there's no point in limping through 26.2 miles, I'm delaying my run, hopefully just for one week, hoping to run it on 6/27 now.

The Official Playlist

Because Grandma's Marathon was cancelled, I'll be running 26.2 miles alone. Without 6,999 of my best friends to keep me company on the run, I'm building a playlist of songs suggested by supporters to listen to while I run.

Please send in your suggestions, thanks!

A Higher Place, Tom Petty

Africa, Toto

All Down the Line, The Rolling Stones

All I Do Is Win, DJ Khaled

Another One Bites the Dust, Queen

Around the Corner E Funk, Smokin' with Superman

Baby, I'm a Star, Prince

Bat Out of Hell, Meatloaf

Better Days, Bruce Springsteen

Blaze of Glory, Bon Jovi

Breaking the Law, Judas Priest

Burning Heart, Survivor

Cheap Seats, Alabama

Chiquitia, ABBA

Company of Fools, Great Big Sea Company

Crazy Train, Ozzy Osbourne

Dance Monkey, Tones and I **

Delta Dawn, Tanya Tucker

Don't Stop, Fleetwood Mac

Don't Stop Believing, Journey

Don't Stop Me Now, by Queen

Elvira, The Oak Ridge Boys

Eve of Destruction, Barry McGuire

Eye of the Tiger, Survivor

Fight Song, Rachel Platten

Firework, Katy Perry

Girls Just Wanna Have Fun, Cyndi Lauper

Happier, Marshmallow

Happy, The Rolling Stones

Heart and Soul, Huey Lewis

High Hopes, Panic! At The Disco

Highway 63, Chad Kostner

Hold On, Wilson Phillips

Hound Dog

Hurt, Johnny Cash

I love rock and roll, Joan Jett

I Want a New Drug, Huey Lewis

I'm a Hoe, Whodini

Invincible, Pat Benatar

Keep Pushin, REO Speedwagon

Let Your Love Flow, Bellamy Brothers

Life is a Highway, Rascal Flatts

Little Red Corvette, Prince

Love Shack, B52s

Ma Tit Fille, Buckwheat Zydeco

Midnight City, M83

Miss Missy, John Mellencamp

Mighty Wings,  Cheap Trick

More Than I Can Do, Steve Earle

My Body, Young the Giant

Nobody's Fool, Kenny Loggins

Ohio, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

On the Run, Pink Floyd

Out in the Cold, Tom Petty

Centerfield (Put Me In Coach), John Fogerty

Roll With the Changes, REO Speedwagon

Run Like Hell, Pink Floyd

Runner, Manfred Mann's Earth Band

Sabotage, Beastie Boys

Shakedown, The Score

Smokin’ in the Boys Room, Motley Crue

St Elmos Fire (Man in Motion), John Parr

Stayin Alive, Bee Gees

Stir It Up, Patti Labelle

Stuck With You, Huey Lewis

Superman, REM

Take it on the Run, REO Speedwagon

The Dark of the Sun, Tom Petty

The Gambler, Kenny Rodgers

The Greatest, Kenny Rodgers

The Far Side Banks of Jordan, Johnny & June Cash

The Lonely Bull (El Solo Toro), herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass

The Show Goes On, Lupe Fiasco

Thunder Road, Bruce Springsteen

Thunderstrunk, ACDC

Time for me to Fly, REO Speedwagon

Time to Say Goodbye, Sarah Brightman & Andrea Bocelli

Try Not to Breathe, REM

Under Pressure, Queen

UP, Shania Twain

Walk This Way, Run DMC

We are the Champions, Queen

What a Fool Believes, Doobie Brothers

Wish you Were Here , performed by Rick Hoefling *

Wildhorse, RaeLynn

You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet, BTO

You Raise Me Up, Josh Groban.

You Can't Make Old Friends, Kenny Rodgers & Dolly Parton

March Challenge!!!

To celebrate spring (hopefully), I'm running a fund-raising challenge this month. I'm going to try and get 50 donations of $1 (or more). For the first 50 donors, I'm going to donate another $1. If we get to 50 donors for the month, I'm going to donate another $50 to another runner's campaign. Please spread the word!!

COVID-19 Update: When it became obvious that COVI-19 was going to hit the US hard, I backed off on my fund-raising effort and did not push to hit this goal because of the uncertianity that people were faced with. But because of the success we had early, I assumed that we would have hit the 50 donor goal and made a matching donation directly to Children's urgent needs fund at https://www.childrensmn.org/support-childrens/giving-to-childrens/