The Achilles Track Club

Sorry about the lack of posts this past week, but business travel always takes a little more out of you than you expect. Especially when you end up in Cleveland for no good reason. But I digress.

This week's charity is also Five Dollar Heroes' first one that's reader-suggested (Thanks, Keith). The Achilles Track Club is a worldwide organization, with chapters in 60 countries, that purchases equipment and entry frees for disabled runners. The New York City chapter, for instance, is helping disabled runners get into the NYC Marathon. The organization even sponsors a triathlon team...and if that doesn't motivate you to hit the gym, nothing will.

To check out the team, click here. And to add your $5 to mine, click here. (On the drop-down list of programs, go ahead and put Achilles Track Club, unless surfing around the site has drawn you to a specific program.)