Dr. Kelly's Blog of the Day

This has been amazing. We are on day 5 and ready to leave from Marathon. Thanks to the Coconut Cay Resort for all of your support of FGCU! This has been surprisingly tiring. The mornings are humid, afternoons blazing hot, and the nights just exhausting. But even with all of this, runners were fighting to take on the extra miles last night. Really, anyone who thinks all young people are lazy never met this crew.

Everyone is in good spirits, giddy even. Make no mistake about it though, we want to get home. We’ve all learned a ton about our abilities, lives, friendships. I’ve learned to update Facebook statuses and that properly cared for blisters don’t pop by themselves (gross, I know). We’ve met good people who care about supporting animals and others, and mean people who would sacrifice our natural environment on mere ideological grounds.

Thank you to all of our Panther Kittens, Buddies, and Warriors! Thank you also to our families. You have been so supportive, especially when each of us went into the “dark night” of our souls on this voyage. We miss you all and look forward to seeing you at Bar Louie on Friday! We’re just $1000 from our final goal. Thank you for your support and for encouraging others to help us make this a 100% success!!!!!!