Jack Alexander – Running In His Honor

Seeing athletes of various backgrounds, all with different stories, inspired me to run the 2009 Hartford marathon on Jack’s behalf. Mike

Welcome,

On June 5th, 2009 we lost our son Jack Alexander Scherer. Jack was a stillborn. My wife Ali was 35 1/2 weeks pregnant. It was, without question, the most devastating and difficult time of our lives. About a month and a half after our loss, I had an opportunity to visit and watch an Ironman race in Upstate New York. For those of you who don’t know, an Ironman race is a 2.4 mile swim, 112 mile bike, and 26.2 mile run. Seeing athletes of various backgrounds, all with different stories, inspired me to run the 2009 Hartford marathon on Jack’s behalf.

Here is a link to a story on our journey: The Story

In October of 2011, I will be running the Hartford Half-Marathon for the second year in a row (Full in 2009, Half in 2010 and Half in 2011). This year, I decided to run on behalf of a local charity, “Danbury Grassroots Tennis.” Danbury Grassroots Tennis is a comprehensive organization that helps kids understand the importance of education, nutrition and exercise, both through tennis as well as other activities.

Please take a look at their website

These are difficult economic times, and asking folks to donate money is a tough thing to do. Regardless of whether or not you are able to donate, please take a moment to visit their web-site to learn more about how to assist Danbury kids in need of help. Thank you for taking the time to visit the site.

In July of 2010, Ali delivered a beautiful baby girl, Ella Daly Scherer. She is literally an angel. We greatly appreciate the love and support we have received over the past 2 years. Thank you for helping us remember our son and honor his memory.

- Mike

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