April 2nd 2022 Buddhist Education Fundraiser: 70 Run Mile Run

On April 2nd, this coming Saturday, I will be running 70ish miles as a fundraiser for my local Buddhist community.  I have recently been gravitating back to Buddhism and in late 2021 I started attending my local Buddhist Temples monthly Zoom meetings. They have not begun meeting in person yet, so the option to attend the monthly Buddhism 101 meetings on zoom was the next best thing.

For the first time in a very long time I feel centered again.  The Buddhist teachings seem to make the most sense for me and for how I aspire to live my life.

I wanted to find a way to give back to my new group.  I decided to plot out a route from several local Buddhist Temples.  I talked to Reverend Kaz about running from temple to temple to raise money and awareness of the Buddhist Temples here in the Central Valley.  I proposed that I would run the temples in Visalia, to Reedley, to Parlier, to Kingsburg, to Fowler, and then finish in Fresno.  The run will cover about 70 miles.  Kaz and I decided that all the money raised would go into a Buddhist Education Program.  The money will help students of the Ministry Program buy paying for their room and board for 1 year of studding in Japan.  For every $200.00 that we raise, we can support one students with room and board for an entire year.

I'm super excited about this fundraiser.  I will have a live tracker set up through my Garmin Connect account.  I will have it posted on Twitter (@DavidThull) and Instagram (@davidthull).

I will be starting Saturday's run in Visalia at 4:00am and hopefully finishing in Fresno at 7:45pm on that same day.

If you would like to donate to this fundraiser you can do so on my Instagram fundraiser page that I have linked below.

Thank you so much for visiting my blog and following my sometimes crazy life journeys.

Instagram Fundraiser Donation Page

My Next Long Run & Fundraiser

On Saturday April 2nd I will be running from Visalia, to Reedley, to Parlier, Kingsburg, to Fowler, and then to Fresno.  I will visit each cities Buddhist Temple along my journey.  The entire trip will take about 70 miles and hopefully 15ish hours.

This event will be a fundraiser for our local Buddhist community.  All the money raised will go towards Buddhist education here in the Central Valley.

I recently have gotten back into Buddhism and attended a month Zoom meeting that the local Buddhist Temple hosts.  I feel like this fundraiser is my way to give back to the group.  I also hope that it will bring awareness to the local Buddhist culture to anyone who has been interested in learning about Buddhism, but wasn't sure where to go or how to get started.

If you would like to donate please click on the link below.  It will take you to an Instagram link where you can donate to my run.

Thanks!!

Donation Link

My Birthday Run

 Last year I ran 200 miles in the Marin Headlands as a fundraiser for the We Defy Foundation on my birthday.  This year I'm running 70 miles from Visalia to Fresno, and a few towns in between, as a fundraiser for our local Central Valley Buddhist Community.  All the money raised will go towards their Ministry program.

I'll post more info about this run tomorrow.  I've been slowly getting my mileage back up, and I might even start writing more about my training and running as well.

I can't wait to tackle 70 miles this coming April 2nd.

Donate To Fundraiser Here via Instagram

SWOLA 78

Here is my entry for SWOLA 78

I'm so happy that I started playing the guitar again, and the bass too.  I've never really been a bass player.  I picked up this low budget Ibanez bass years ago.  It was just a way for me to try and lay down bass tracks over my guitar stuff.  I have to say, I'm having fun playing around on the bass as well.

SWOLA 77

Fast turnaround on this one.  These were easier to do when they were biweekly.  I'm really having to figure out how to budget my time to do these every week.

I busted out one of my all time favorite guitars today.  My Gibson 67 Flying V.

SWOLA 75

I just noticed I never posted SWOLA 75 on here.

SWOLA 76

I got this one done rather fast.  SWOLA 76!!!

SWOLA 74 with Ola

Last week Ola Englund check out my contribution to his Sunday With Ola (SWOLA) riff challenge.  It was funny to watch Ola watch one of my videos and once again comment on my legs.