The internet has a great ability to mashup people that would probably normally never meet, and I am grateful for it. Recently, I was contacted by Thad (pictured here) after he saw my information on a triathlon website, Athlinks. We started communicating via PM and Email and learned that we both lived in the same area.

He was nice enough to feature me in a story on his website about my time and training in Afghanistan. You can read the story and some of Thad’s great content by visiting RunnerDude’s Blog. You won’t find that story anywhere else and it sheds a little bit more light on my background and philosophy.

I’d like to thank Thad again for his kind words and his willingness to spread the word about what we are doing here. I promised that I’d line up next to him one of these days, and I’m looking forward to it.

Thanks Thad!

-Nathan