In 2009 around the summertime I was messing around on my Twitter account, and I did a search for running. One name stood out: @operationjack. I clicked onto Sam's profile, and noticed a few things. First, some of the people I follow on Twitter were following Sam. And second, he was tweeting a lot about ice cream. I was feeling kind of low about my running on that day, and decided that a runner who fueled on ice cream was exactly who I needed to follow to get me out of my funk.
Little did I realise exactly WHO I had started following. Sam Felsenfeld is spending 2010 running 60 marathons to raise awareness and funds for Train 4 Autism, under the banner "Operation Jack". You see, Sam has a son, Jack, who has autism...
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