Justin’s Facial Hair!

Hey everyone,

If you’ve navigated to this page, it’s because you  donated to my 2010 Dana-Farber Marathon Challenge Fundraising page.  Now’s your chance to vote for what I do with my facial hair for Marathon Monday! I’ve listed thirteen options below, for your perusal, and you can split your votes up if you’d like,  just send an email to me with your votes in the body of the email. I’ll update them as quickly as I get votes!

As you can see, I’ve been working on a mean training beard – this was one of the absolute worst winters to be training for the marathon in Boston due to snowfall and cold weather. Here is a picture of me today (Monday, March 15). My hair is unruly and scraggly, and my beard is… well, beardy.

I’ve been scaring people I know in dark alleyways for about 4 months now, and it’s time to do it to it, and make myself (somewhat) less wind resistant. I’ll be cutting my hair, too, unless it’s voted against, so here’s your chance to make something (probably) funny looking happen for the 500,000 people watching live, and the other people watching on TV.

And the choices are…..

1) Dick Dastardly. I'll curl that bad boy as much as I can!

2) Ambrose Everett Burnside - Pretty Self-Explanatory

3) Faux-hawk (not to be confused with the Fro-Hawk, pictured here/combined with some other facial hair type)

4) The "Pre" or the "Without Limits" (after Steve Prefontaine)

5) The Honest Abe

6) "The Bard"

7) The Wolverine (claws not included)*** 2009 WINNER***

8) The Fu Manchu

8.1) The Fu Machu Version 2

9) Babyface

10) Bald AND Beardless

11) ZZ TOP - (Leave it just the way it is and wear a silly hat. I imagine that you're voting for any of the fine looking gentlemen on the sides, as the man in the middle, aptly named "Frank Beard" (no joke), alas, has no beard. If you're voting for the "Frank Beard," please see "The Pre/Without Limits" above.

12) The Jack Sparrow. I will braid it. I won't be happy about it, but I'll do it. For Charity.

13) Build Your Own Sandwich - Have an idea you like? Either find a picture that shows it, or describe it VERY VERY ACCURATELY, and if it somehow gets the most votes, or is the most awesome, it wins!

VOTING WILL CLOSE AT NOON ON SUNDAY, APRIL 18th, 2010. I have to go to bed early, and if i’m doing something complicated with my facial hair, who knows how long it will take!

Thanks again everyone for donating, and I hope that you’ll look out for us either on TV or follow us online at the BAA Wesbite (Bib # 22556 and 22829) or sign up for AT&T Athlete Alert.

Thanks!

-Justin