Help the Blue Spaders Run Boston

When the Soldiers of the 1st Battalion, 26th Infantry Regiment, "Blue Spaders" returned from a 9-month deployment to Iraq in January, they hugged their families, got a good night's sleep, and set their sights on their next challenge.

For eleven lucky Blue Spaders, that next challenge is the world-famous Boston Marathon.  The Boston Athletic Association generously reserves a number of invitational entries every year for recently-deployed service men and women and 1-26 Infantry was able to secure entries to this year's race for some of their most talented and hardworking Soldiers.

However, getting from Fort Campbell to Boston by April 17th won't be easy, so we're looking for a little bit of support from our friends and families across the country to help us offset some of the cost.

Any donation is greatly appreciated and will go directly to the costs associated with transportation to and from the Marathon, as well as our entries into the race itself.

Thanks a lot to anyone who can contribute, or even just those who help to spread the word. We'll see you at the finish line.  

Relentless!

(Just so we're all on the same page - Though we proudly bear the banner and name of the Blue Spaders, no individual associated with this account, as it pertains to our participation in this event, are to be viewed as official representatives of the U.S. Government and nothing above is the official position or opinion of the 1-26 Infantry, the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), the United States Army, or the Department of Defense)