 My name is Jeremy France. I am an operations manager for an aerospace manufacturing facility here in Laconia, New Hampshire. When I started running about a year ago, I was able to tap into a totally new feeling of peace and meditation folks that are closest to me. They laugh and we joke about, you know, about Forest Gump and how we just started running. But that's the truth of it. I just got up and I started running. In the next thing I know, I'm running three miles and five miles and then eight miles and then 10 miles. And a good friend of mine said, hey, you know, I'm running New York. I'm running for the New York Roadrunners and a charity called the Run for Kids. And you have an opportunity to raise some money for some kids in need. And that started just an absolute new way of thinking when it comes to reflecting back in my childhood and how I never really wanted for anything when it came to athletics. I didn't have to worry about where the equipment was coming from. I didn't have to worry about having coaches and trainers that were experienced and mentoring young kids. And it got me thinking that all these kids out there that just don't have that opportunity and I wanted to be able to be a small part of being able to provide that for them. And in the meantime, I'm running mile after mile and feeling better and better about myself and why I'm doing it. And you get to a point where your feet aren't even hitting the ground. You're just kind of floating and you're going. Being a part of the Pedro Martinez Foundation for the marathon just gives me that one more inch of edge and to be chosen out of so many folks to represent. Such an amazing foundation is an absolute blessing. And I couldn't think of a Boston icon more fitting to represent than Pedro Martinez.