We're back in action!

Jake and I have been secretly waiting to spring some news on you and this is the day! For the last several months, Jake has been training fairly intensively, and the results are truly startling.

If you recall, Jake ran his last 'Jake Runs For Kids' sponsored race in May in Brentwood. He ran a very strong 23:50, which was a new PR, and he raised a few hundred dollars.

In July, Jake ran in a race we didn't announce in a town called Baldwin Park and shaved almost a minute off his time, finishing first in his division at 23:03. Today, he ran in his 'warm-up' race called the Great Pumpkin Race in Westlake Village, California, and came in at a startling 22:18.

In other words, in just five months, he's shaved more than 90 seconds off his PR!

BUT, the best news is that Jake will be running on Thanksgiving Day in La Canada, California and he wants your support.

Here's how it's going to work. If you become a member of Team Jake, you'll sponsor his fund raising efforts for WorldVision (www.worldvision.org) in the following amounts:

$10 if he finishes the race
$5 more if breaks his amazing new PR of 22:18
$5 more if he wins his division (10 and under)
$5 more if he breaks 22:00, which is his goal for the race.

If you'd like to 'double' or 'triple' sponsor him, the total amount would simply be doubled or tripled, as some of you have done in the past.

I'm going to create the new fundraising page and provide a link when we closer to the race. I'm also going to publish some pictures from today's incredible race.

Please email me to let me know if you want to be part of Team Jake for this run!

Jim