2 1/2 months ago, I joined Team in Training to help in the fight against Leukemia and other blood cancers, while training for the Disney Half Marathon. Well, as of today, I met my fundraising goal of $3800, and I feel like a huge weight has been lifted. When I joined TNT, I knew the training would be hard, but I was most afraid of the fundraising. I have never really done this before, and have never been comfortable asking people I know for anything, let alone money!
I began my fundraising in earnest in mid August. I realized early on that it wouldn't be easy, and I'd have to dig a little deeper than just my close friends and family to raise $3800. So I did...and while it was easier than I expected, I am so relieved that I met my goal! And now I feel like I can just focus on my training, which is beginning to get tougher...I have decided to run the Full Marathon, and I have a 12 mile training run this weekend, on some of the toughest cross country trails on Long Island. This will be my 3rd run there, last time was 10 miles. Not too bad, I made it, and even managed to drag my tired ass to karate. That was tough, I had no legs, and of course we had to do kicking drills!! I think Sensei did that on purpose!
