Hello from Sunny Argentina

Hello Friends,

I’m writing to you today from sunny and warm Buenos Aires, Argentina.  Our NF Extreme Team is all here, healthy, and having a great time.   I think we are all a little sleep deprived at this point.  There is so much to do and see and not an abundance of time.  Yesterday, after flying all night, we arrived here at the hotel around 2:00 p.m. local time (we are two time changes east of the Eastern Time Zone).  Our flight out of Miami was delayed by about seven hours and the other half of the team flying from Atlanta beat us by several hours…not that there is anyone competitive enough on this trip to keep track of such things. We all went for a nice “leg stretcher” run in the 85 degree, 90 plus percent humidity at 4:00 p.m.,  before splitting up into smaller groups for various events in the evening.

Some quick introductions:
Dr. Jose Dominguez – a surgeon from Battlefield, Mo., who runs for his son Eric.  He is the informal head of the now infamous and international “Run for Eric” team.
Dr. Carl Price –Run for Eric Team; from Springfield, Mo., a plastic surgeon and a friend of Jose’s.
Kathy Price – Run for Eric Team; from Springfield, Mo., and by far, Carl’s better half; a pharmacist, motorcycle racer, and by all accounts awesome mom.
Dr. John Steinberg – Run for Eric Team from Springfield, Mo., a cardiothoracic surgeon.  Also a friend of Jose’s.  As you can see, we are in good hands medically on this trip.
Dr. Tim Billharz – Run for Eric Team; An OBGYN from Liberty, Mo., he is, like Jose, a human plumber, working in the same general region, but from a slightly different angle.
Coach George Haddad – Running for Gigi Kast. NF Endurance volunteer team coach, NASA Engineer, from Melbourne, Fla. – yup, a real live rocket scientist.
John McCarthy – Director Standard and Poors, from Holmdale, N.J.  John runs for his daughter and also serves on the Children Tumor Foundation’s Board of Directors.
George Franke – from the Holmdale, N.J. area and John’s father-in-law, and our team support person for the trip.
Chad Leathers – our 25-year-old mascot. Chad runs for his brother, Drew, and Chad is doing a wonderful job of documenting this excursion. Chad is presently from New York, N.Y., and he is a development officer for the Children’s Tumor Foundation.
Bill Hardy – from Harleysville, Pa.   Bill is the owner and president of Hardy Machine Company, two time Race Across America teammate, and part of the Ari’s Angels Team.
Bill Edmonds – from Erwinna, Pa.  Bill is the co-owner/president of B&G Manufacturing, two time Race Across America teammate and also part of the Ari’s Angel Team.
Steve Kendra – that’s me, from the bustling metropolis of Sellersville, Pa.  Running for my daughter Arianna.  I’m the director of the NF Endurance Team for the Children’s Tumor Foundation.
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