Finished With Grace

From Jason Weckworth

My favorite quote from RAAM this year came from our Crew Chief (and my wife), Kristen. "You need a tremendous amount of grace to be a part of RAAM."

We finished well. We finished, period. That is all that matters.

As I fall asleep tonight in our hotel room in Atlantic City, my mind is primarily surrounded by the following thoughts:

Kristen, thank you for your grace. You will always be my favorite crew chief.

Crew, thank you for your serving attitudes. You kept us safe, and you brought us all the way across the country in 7 days. You are simply amazing.

Teammates: Thank you for your training, your intensity, and your fundraising. We have made history together as the first 4-person team in TDL.

Crew Member Families: Thank you for allowing us to take part of your family away for the past 12 days and for all the sacrifice you have made on our behalf.

Friends, Co-Workers & Family: Thank you for your comments, phone calls, and e-mails of support. It means so much.

Financial Donors & Sponsors: Thank you for making a difference. You are helping us change the world and save lives through our message.

Grace Valley, Heels on Wheels, Primo, Beauty & the Beast, Tex-Oz: Thank you for your alignment with TDL, your passion for our cause, and the incredible sacrifice you have made for TDL. To all teams and Crew, I hope that this memory will last a lifetime.

Kent Mulkey & Tamsin DeLong: Thank you for choosing TDL. We are becoming something very big because of your efforts.

RAAM: Thank you for a great race that was extremely well organized.

I can't wait to start evaluating this year, and to start planning next year! We will only get better.

Please stay tuned for the many pictures that we will download from our cameras when we get home. We will post them to our site through our photo gallery.

To everyone involved with TDL: Thank you.
--Jason, June 20, 2007, 8:36 P.M.