Some of my readers who Notice Things may already have noticed that a new thing has appeared on my website-- a donate button on the right hand sidebar.

Now you have to opportunity to support my training and be a part of my journey.

Most of my training and racing expenses are covered by either APU or the USST with APU contributing about 15k and USST contributing about 35k. This does not include coaches' salaries. The value of the coaches' expertise and insight are undervalued if you consider salaries anyway. This does cover waxing, lodging on trips, some travel, equipment, car rentals, race entry/trail use fees. A considerable amount of the 15k from APU goes to funding our glacier camps. The rest of my life (food, rent, car expenses, some domestic travel) gets funded by me. The money from both APU and the USST comes from their respective endowments, membership dues, and team sponsors, with some additional money coming to APUNSC from Alaska Pacific University so if you already contribute money via one venue or another to APU or the USST, thanks!

I've been reluctant to ask for money because I have a theory about money. This theory is: If you think you need more money, you need more money. If you don't think you need more money, you have enough. So I didn't want to ask for money because then I would be poor and discontented-- and who wants to be poor and discontented? So if you want to make a contribution you can know that you will have an immediate and positive effect on my training. Because with more money I would buy more fresh fruits and vegetables... and I really SHOULD be eating more fruits and vegetables.