"Mile One" is done. Well, it was really my first three mile run with the Team in Training group. After a half an hour of shoe talk, we were told "this is going to be tough, you're going to hurt, you will be uncomfortable, and yes, you will get blisters. Deal with it.” Lovely. The run was nice and easy. With fifty other teammates, you can find someone who runs your pace and spend the run chatting.
That’s the running part, and to me the "easy" part. I’m still working on getting my fundraising up off the ground. I met with a fundraising mentor and she gave me hope (because honestly, raising $1,200 seems like a daunting task). In my twenty-four years of life I’ve met a lot of people, and although I have been fortunate enough not to have leukemia or lymphoma affect my immediate family or my close circle of friends, it is VERY possible that a friend hasn't been so fortunate. In my first meeting I found out that 894,235 Americans are living with leukemia, lymphoma, and myeloma. Talking with my mentor, I also expressed a concern that I haven’t been personally affected and I felt a little odd fundraising for something that I don’t have an immediate connection too. My family has been affected by cancer and Alzheimer’s – shouldn’t I be involved in the search for the cure for those? My thought, and her thought too, was that all the medical research funded by LLS is beneficial to all cancers and all diseases. You never know what they might stumble upon.
I feel that this is a great cause and one that fits me well (running to raise money). Please pass around my blog and fundraising page to your friends and family. I would love to see how far this could go...who knows, maybe I’ll run a full marathon! Keep checking back here to keep tabs on my progress and my fundraising page to donate. Thank you for stopping by!
That’s the running part, and to me the "easy" part. I’m still working on getting my fundraising up off the ground. I met with a fundraising mentor and she gave me hope (because honestly, raising $1,200 seems like a daunting task). In my twenty-four years of life I’ve met a lot of people, and although I have been fortunate enough not to have leukemia or lymphoma affect my immediate family or my close circle of friends, it is VERY possible that a friend hasn't been so fortunate. In my first meeting I found out that 894,235 Americans are living with leukemia, lymphoma, and myeloma. Talking with my mentor, I also expressed a concern that I haven’t been personally affected and I felt a little odd fundraising for something that I don’t have an immediate connection too. My family has been affected by cancer and Alzheimer’s – shouldn’t I be involved in the search for the cure for those? My thought, and her thought too, was that all the medical research funded by LLS is beneficial to all cancers and all diseases. You never know what they might stumble upon.
I feel that this is a great cause and one that fits me well (running to raise money). Please pass around my blog and fundraising page to your friends and family. I would love to see how far this could go...who knows, maybe I’ll run a full marathon! Keep checking back here to keep tabs on my progress and my fundraising page to donate. Thank you for stopping by!
