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And that means most of youse guys are totally slacking on the TNT donations this week. It’s time to donate. Do it! I have cash in hand that I think I get 90% of from a fundraiser someone else organized. And another donation came in this morning, so I think that means I only have to raise $692 more by December 16th. Yes, I will be wrapping presents at the mall on Black Friday, and that will bring more money into my fundraising account, but I need you!

I realize this is the time of year that Project Valour-IT is in their big fund raising drive, and I recognize they’re an excellent organization, too, and I have donated in the past. But I have to ask you again to please drop five bucks into the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society pot. Youse guys have generous hearts, there is no reason you cannot contribute to both excellent causes. Every dollar makes a difference.

Search your heart, and then search for your wallet. You’ll get all warm and fuzzy feeling inside, which is nice on a cold day like today!

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As I suspected, it’s colder inside my house than it is outside. But it is still quite nippy out there. I wore a sweatshirt over my thinner running shirt, and by mile 2.5, I was struggling to be free of the excess warmth.

I planned to do seven miles this morning, but I ended up only doing six. It’s roughly four miles from my door, around the lake, and back to my door. So I did manage to tack on an additional two miles to that loop, but by the time I reached that specific location at which my mind kicks into “we’re almost home!” mode, it was too late. I had not tacked on enough additional mileage. The point when my mind is in go home mode is approximately two miles from here, just on the other side of the bridge I cross (now my cousin and husband know where I mean). There is no possible way for me to tack on additional mileage once my brain is set on going home. So, only six. That’s okay. It still increased my mileage, which was what I needed to do.

I haven’t downloaded my run yet, but here’s the details:
Distance: 6.00 mi (finished by walking around my kitchen until I hit 6)
Duration: 1:28′23″
Pace: 14′43″ /mile

I’m not displeased with the pace, since I don’t do as well on my own as I do with other people. I’m still under fourteen and a half pace, and that’s important to me, as that gives me plenty of cushion for the sixteen minute mile pace Disney requires. It allows for pee breaks.

Todays food craving: Chik-fil-a chicken sandwich, thank you litter on the side of the road. What I ate when I got home: roast beef and rice left over from Friday.

Now, if you’ll excuse me, I’m going to put back on the clothes I wore yesterday and go start another fire. I have much to burn, and hopefully it won’t be as windy so I don’t have to worry about setting my neighbor’s house on fire.

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And I wasn’t in the pool.

Thou shalt not judge my size.

11 June 08

Hips: 45.5″
Waist: 41.5″
Right Thigh: 28″
Left Thigh: 28.5″
Right Calf: 17.5″
Left Calf: 18″
Right Biceps: 13.5″
Left Biceps: 14″
Bust: 43″

18 November 08

Hips: 44.5″ (down 1″)
Waist: 40″ (down 1.5″)
Right Thigh: 26.5″ (down 1.5″)
Left Thigh: 26″ (down 2.5″)
Right Calf: 17.5″
Left Calf: 18″
Right Biceps: 13.5″
Left Biceps: 13.5″ (down .5″)
Bust: 42″ (down 1″)

Shrinkage! That’s a total of 8″ lost from my body.

I don’t believe in weighing myself, and I don’t have my weight recorded on 11 June 08. The most recent weight I have recorded in my body size journal was from 22 May 08, although I think I have weighed myself and recorded it on one of my blogs, because I have a higher number in mind that what I have written in my journal. I may ride my scooter up to Publix and weigh myself today, just so I can have all the lines filled in for my journal.

In my journal, I scribbled a goal for myself. My goal was to be able to run 5K (3.1 miles) in 38 minutes. Let’s see… if last night had been a 5K, I would have run it in 42 minutes. I bet I could push myself to do 5K in 38 minutes. Perhaps I should try that out in tomorrow morning’s run.

Shall I set a goal for you, too? Yes, yes I shall. You should donate $5 to the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society by end of day Friday. That’s a reasonable amount. Five bucks from each of my readers would be about $250. Can I count on you?

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I went to Monday night training with my team this evening. I had to go because I slept in this morning, and therefore did not train on my own. Also, I had to go to give my coach renewed faith in me, since Saturday was such a farookin disaster. (If you click to see Saturday’s details, please keep in mine my iPod only registered 16 miles, but I actually did 18.)

Tonight’s run was fabulous! I kept up a really decent pace. I felt great. I only did four miles, but they felt great. I ran with a girl who is a much better runner than I am, but she was still in a world of hurt from Saturday, so instead of me trying to do her insane run nine minutes walk one pace, we did my walk two run one pace. And sometimes we ran longer than just one minute. We kept up a great pace, and I felt great. I got the much needed endorphin rush I have not had the last several runs. It was great.

I desperately needed tonight’s run to be so fantastic. I was so down after Saturday, you’d be amazed how much a crappy run can depress you. I so needed to have a fabulous run to remind me that I can do this. Because I can! And with your financial help, I can meet my fund raising goal. I am now only $720 away from the goal. We can do this! Go team!

I’m still on a high from this evening’s run, and it’s been an hour and forty minutes since I stopped. Yay for feeling fantastic! Sure, my usual aches and pains are there, but the high I’ve been missing is also there. Anyway, I am finding that this marathon is the best fat burner ever. And I’m trying to figure out if I can feasibly do TNT fundraising again for the Anchorage Marathon next year. As much as I hate running, I kind of enjoy it, too.

Oops… forgot to give the details:
Distance: 4.04 mi
Duration: 56′23″
Pace: 13′57″ /mi

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I wish I had a hot tub in my backyard. I would so totally be in that thing. I continue to have so many aches and pains left over from yesterday’s eighteen. Moving is agony. Oooh! If I had the funds, I could check into a hotel in las vegas with my husband, and we could spend our Thanksgiving living the high life out West. I’d certainly hire a masseuse, I’ll tell you that!

We just finished watched Casino Royale, and I have to say, it sure would be nice to be able to get a luxurious room somewhere, order room service, and just enjoy a comfy bed with a lovely view with the man who possesses my heart. I’d want a hot tub.

BTW, starting tomorrow, I’m going to mention my Team in Training fundraiser in every single post. I’m down to a month remaining to raise my funds. If I do not raise the remaining $770, my options include not running the race (in which case all funds go straight to LLS, which continues to be a fabulous cause) or funding the remaining balance myself*. Sadly, option two is not feasible as I continue to be unemployed, and we’re slowly but surely falling behind on our bills. Please give. Five bucks makes a difference. December 16th is quickly approaching, and that’s my deadline. We’re so close on this, kids. Please give. Don’t let me have an excuse not to continue training!

*FYI, when you contribute through Paypal or my Amazon Tip Jar, they suck fees out, but I cover their fees when I transfer your money over to LLS so that the full amount you intended to donate is there.

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I suppose I need to tell you about this morning’s eighteen mile run walk. Worst eighteen miles of my life.

Thank goodness for Candy, that’s all I can say. Candy, who has lost 35 pounds since this picture was taken in September:

was my running buddy this morning. Poor, patient Candy. She had to drag a 200 pound dead weight around a 4.5 mile loop four times this morning.

It was a bad, bad day for me. I really didn’t sleep much last night, and I desperately need to sleep before a long run. But I also sabotaged myself this week in that I only completed one day of training since last Friday’s 15. Shame on me allowing my depression to interfere with my training. Never again. I set myself up to have a disastrous 18.

I awoke with that same farookin headache I’ve been unable to get rid of this week. But, you know, come Marathon day, I have to run regardless of how I feel. I got up, I had an English muffin for breakfast. I left the house almost when I wanted to, so I was only 5 minutes later than I planned to arrive at the park.

We had our group pep talk and stretched together. We were told to do four complete loops for 4.5 miles each. At the start/end point, they had a table set up with a wide selection of food (brownies, cookies, bananas, candy, sports snacks, oranges, Coke, Diet Coke, water, Poweraid, pretzels in three different flavors or shapes, trail mix…) and encouraged us to try the different sports snacks to see how they agreed with our systems, since there were bathrooms available should the snacks disagree with our bodies. I have to do a separate review of a couple products, as I have a new favorite sports snack.

I started off with five other people, including one of my coaches and Candy. These girls wanted to walk the entire first lap to see if they could keep up a walking pace that they were shooting for. I felt pretty lousy, so walking sounded great to me. I think this was a mistake on my part; I should have done my walk/run ratio for at least the first lap. I was hurting. My legs, my ankles, and, curiously and most disturbing and morale-breaking my chest was tight and my shoulders ached. It felt like I was lugging an additional hundred pounds around with me. The chest tightness was demoralizing, when combined with how much my shoulders hurt, I wanted to cry and just lie down. Clearly I need to start doing push ups on my cross days.

It was scary how much I hurt, and I just did not have the mental strength I normally have to complete this walk.

We six completed the first lap right at a fifteen minute mile pace, walking. That’s not too shabby. Candy and I found ourselves alone after the first lap (after the first food stop). I had two small Dixie cups of Coke at that first stop, and the caffeine really was helpful. On the second lap, Candy and I began the lap walking for a mile, then, when we reached the lake, we started a walk two run one ratio for maybe three quarters of a mile before I told her to go on without me, that I was in a world of hurt, and just could not do that pace at all. Candy, bless her heart, never left me. I’m not sure what pace we maintained for the second lap, but I do know it took us five or ten minutes longer than the first.

Lap three, like laps one and two, sucked for me. Big time. I know we had a few running stretches in the final two laps, but all told, I don’t think I even ran one complete mile. When we got back to the food stop after the third lap, Candy said she was going to jog up to the bathroom, and said she’d catch up to me. Well, I sat my happy ass down on a bench, and had there been a roof, she would have hit it. She started hollering at me to get up, that I was not done. She hollered back to the table to our coach to have coach get my happy ass off that bench. That at least motivated me to get back up. And I even ran a little bit after I was past the bathrooms. Candy caught up to me a block before the lake and dragged me around the lake that final lap.

This walk sucked for me. It sucked it sucked it sucked. And I can barely move right now. If only my bathtub didn’t need to be scrubbed (some bunny’s hair is all over it), I’d be soaking in luke warm epsom salts right now.

My coach is worried about my pace. I truly don’t think she needs to be; I just had a very bad day. Everyone has a bad day. I am rather confident about next weekend’s 20 miles, and I am going to go to the team training because I would not have been able to finish today if I were alone. Also, I need to redeem myself in my coach’s eyes. So I’ll go next Saturday.

I’m certain reading about this abysmal attempt at a run that you will lose confidence in me. But know this, I will complete this marathon. It’s not about finishing first, it’s about finishing. And I will finish. And I won’t even finish last. I am confident of that. I had my bad day already. Thank goodness my bad day was now instead of later. Please consider helping out the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society as they help fund cancer research and help cancer patients and their families deal with the financial strain brought on by the treatment. I continue to be only $770 from my fund raising goal. As you prepare for your Thanksgiving feast, count your health among things you’re thankful for, and drop a couple bucks into the pot to help those less fortunate than us.

One more thing, apparently I paused my iPod during the 18, as my iPod only says I completed 16 miles. I’m sure it didn’t help that I dumped Poweraid onto my iPod this morning, either. So, I’m not entirely sure about run details. I think it took Candy and me four and a half hours. But, we walked. And she was very gracious to stay with me. Candy is going to be my roommate at the hotel race weekend.

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Okay kids. Here’s the thing. I only have until December 15th to finish raising my funds for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. The good news is, I have already raised $1,630.00; the bad news is, I still have another $770 left to raise. Now, I am participating in a couple group fund raisers later this month, but I’m starting to feel anxious about how much I still have to raise and how little time I have left to do so.

That’s, of course, where you come into the picture. If you happen to be in the Central Florida area, and you enjoy playing poker, we have a fundraising event on the horizon.

Team in Training - Casino Night and Silent Auction
Host: The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Team in Training
Location: The Longwood Community Building
200 W. Warren Street, Longwood, FL
When: Thursday, November 20, 6:00pm
Silent Auction & Casino Night

Items include Orlando Magic Memorabilia, Golf Outings, Spa Packages and Much More

Cost: $12/person or $20/couple
(Includes Dinner, Dessert, Door Prize Ticket, $100 in Game Chips)

For Tickets, Info or to Donate Auction Items contact me.

* Please invite your friends and family. Any TNT member selling tickets will receive a credit to their fundraising account.

I have already sold two tickets, but I’d like to sell more. If this is something you might be interested in, please leave me a comment or email me. At this time, I do not know anything more than I have already posted.

Of course, you can feel free to drop a couple bucks into the till. Every dollar counts! We’re so close on this, kids. Please, give. I know the economy is a bit hairy, but everyone can part with a couple dollars for a good cause. There are so many worthy charities out there (including this one, that I dropped a couple bucks into this morning from my paid blogging funds via paypal, so it hasn’t appeared on that page yet), please find a charity that speaks to you and part with your pumpkin spice latte one day this week.

When I was doing my fifteen miles on Friday, just before I hit the ten mile mark, I called my cousin and demanded a pep talk. She said, “shall I get B on the phone? He’s on his fifth round of chemo today.” If B can have the strength to endure cancer treatment, the least I can do is run on his behalf. Please, think of B and all the other people unfairly suffering from these horrendous blood born cancers. Every penny counts when funding cancer research. Please, give.

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Holy Crap.

Distance: 15.01 mi
Duration: 3:58′15″
Pace: 15′52″ /mi.

For the final seven miles, I fantasized about a cheeseburger.

That was brutal. The sun was up, it was beastly hot, and that has to account for some of my slowness. I mean, it has to, right? I wish I could have started an hour earlier, but life interfered. (Not complaining, one of my privileges right now is to take RTY to school when she’s here on a Friday morning, and I relish it.)

My big problem is the second five. I have been pretty consistent with the first five, averaging between 1:10 and 1:15 for that five. But I lose all momentum for the second five. And this morning I had a third five I had to complete. Ugh.

When I was done, I called my husband.
Me: Hi
Him: Hi! You done?
Me: Yup. My best friend, Lance Armstrong, just congratulated me on completing my longest run to date!
Him: Cool! So, you going home now?
Me: Actually, I was thinking I’d come see you for a couple minutes. (His work is 2 miles from that park)
Him: Really? I thought you’d be exhausted and want to rush home to go back to bed.
Me: Well, I have an ulterior motive.
Him: What?
Me: Would you be pissed if I took $3 out of the bank and bought a cheeseburger on my way home?
Him: No. I have Popeyes, you could have some chicken.
Me: Yeah, but it probably wouldn’t taste anything like a cheeseburger. I’ve been fantasizing about a cheeseburger for seven miles.
Him: Okay. So I’ll see you in a few minutes then?
Me: Yup. And then, a few minutes after that, I’ll have a sweet, sweet cheeseburger!

Best. Cheeseburger. Ever!

Okay kids. I’m heading to bed. Kindly refrain from calling me unless you’re calling to schedule a job interview. I’m planning on sleeping for no less than two hours, and probably longer than that. Fifteen miles tried to make me its bitch, but I prevailed.

(where it looks like I stopped might have been when I had to tie my shoes)

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Tomorrow, I’ll take RTY to school. Then, because my cousin is smarter than me, I’ll continue on to my favorite running loop and do my fifteen miles there. I was lamenting to my cousin that taking RTY to school would pretty much guarantee I won’t run when I return home. She said, isn’t RTY’s school halfway to your favorite course? Yes, yes it is. So I’ll dress accordingly and do fifteen miles. It’ll be six laps around the lake. And instead of parking in the usual location (I won’t need to, since I can get an even fifteen without the additional mile to my normal parking lot), I’ll park in the parking area right on the loop. That will work out really well for me, then, because I will have additional bottles of diluted G2 in my car. I went through three bottles of fluid when I did 13.1, so I imagine I’ll need at least three bottles with me tomorrow. And since I’m disinclined to carry three bottles with me, I can just have one, and then stop as required at my car to trade an empty bottle for a full.

My run will start about an hour later than I’d like it to, but at least I’ll be running the course I like. And the fluid thing was a big issue for me. If I do the 15 miles running around the lake here at home, I’d have to break out of the loop to come home and get fluids. And, once home, I’m very disinclined to continue. So just stopping at the car will be much easier.

Since you asked (you know you did), when I run with my team, they have fluid stations set up. So, for instance, on this particular loop, they normally have two stations on the lake (across the lake from each other), and another station at the normal starting location. They provide water and a sports drink, and I generally just refill the bottle I carry with me once it’s empty. I was dreading having to carry so much liquid with me if I ran near home. That’s a lot of additional weight to lug.

I have another fuel review I can do, since I tried a new product when I did 10 last week. But I think I’ll wait and try it out again tomorrow to see if I hate it as much as I think I do.

Curious, my TNT page is having donation problems right now. So the money that has been donated to my PayPal account will have to wait to show up on my TNT site until later.

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Thank you to my cousin and CIL for running with me this morning. Here is that run.

Distance: 5.08 mi
Duration: 1:15′48″
Pace: 14′53″

This morning, I learned that pausing the work out on the iPod does not actually pause the time. I met up with my cousin and CIL at the gate to my ‘hood. Since I got there first, I paused my work out and spent four minutes re-tying my shoes and stretching. When I resumed my workout, the time had not stopped, so you can go ahead an knock four minutes off my duration. And that makes this one of my fastest five!

This is last weeks really lousy not-quite-ten miles.

Since I don’t remember posting a link before, here’s my 13.1 from the week before.

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I have successfully conned my cousin and CIL into getting up with me again in the morning to do another five miles with me. I figure I’ll take advantage of their company while they’re in town.

I had an email on Friday from Disney confirming I am officially registered for the Marathon. I found that to be very exciting, in an OMG what am I thinking kind of way.

Just had an email from my coach. She said this coming Saturday will be on our own. Fifteen miles on my own. Holy crap. That’s a hell of a long run to try to complete by myself. And me without a running buddy. Crap. There is a rumor some people over in the Waterford area are going to try to run together; I’ll see if I can get in on that action. But, that’s 14 miles away. I hate driving that far when I’m unemployed. I’ll think on it this week and see if I can create a 15 mile route close to home. Heh. If I had the $25 each way in tolls and wanted to drive three hours, I could go join Boudicca’s team!

Maya sold more of her excellent photography, so I need to transfer that money over to my TNT fundraising account. Thank you Maya for being so generous! That leaves me just $773 away from my goal. Won’t you please consider dropping a couple bucks into the collection plate? Fighting cancer is a great cause.

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A big thank you to my cousin and CIL for getting up at OMG it’s early to You-Want-Me-To-What?! with me. They committed to five miles with me. It was roughly a mile to the meet up point, so I gained two miles just meeting up with them and seeing them home, so I really only had to come up with three additional miles to meet my goal of ten. I fell short:

Distance: 9.83 mi
Duration: 2:36′15″
Pace: 15′52″/mi

I really like the route CIL plotted out. He knew a walking path that enabled us to go around the lake. From their ‘hood and back, around the lake, worked out to just about five miles even. Good to know.

I have to be honest with you, though: this was the suckiest run I have had. I was unable to maintain a walk two run one pace for more than a few miles. My legs were super unhappy with my decision to get out of bed (in their defense, I was asking them to do major miles only five days after the last major run, and they’re used to have a week between major runs). My sore throat was unhappy with my decision to breathe.

All that negativity done, what a beautiful morning for a run! It was cold. I wore a jacket that my arms and fingers were happy about, but my torso quickly grew too warm for. I really enjoyed running in the cold, but for that running part.

Curiously, at mile 6.5, my right nipple suddenly started to hurt. What a peculiar ache!

My final three miles were sooo long. I never thought this run would end.

While running with my cousin and CIL, cousin was updating me on her friend, B, who is currently battling cancer. She said she told B that I’m doing TNT to raise money for LLS. She said B is proud of my efforts. But what truly amazed me is that B, who is going through cancer therapy right now, tries to walk a mile a day, and is participating in LLS activities, including the Walk Around Atlanta that was recently held. I cannot imagine trying to be physically active while receiving chemotherapy and fighting for my life. B, I am in awe of your strength and courage. And I realize I have zero right to complain about my insignificant shin splints. You are my inspiration, B. Keep up your fight and I will keep doing my part.

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Thanks to some really generous people, most of whom are Rachel Lukas’ awesome readers, I am now only $790 away from my fundraising goal for Team in Training!

Is it appropriate for me to list the bloggers who have contributed, so you can give them some traffic? (Granted, some of them don’t need the two or three people I’d send their way, as they are bigger than me.)

In no particular order:

Rachel Lucas
Lottie
Glenn Reynolds
Jared
Maya (remember, she is selling her photography and donating proceeds to TNT)
arcanai
IIDLYYCKMA
Helen Adelaide
Pamibe

(as I think of more, I’m updating the list of bloggers. My memory is lousy without my useful spreadsheet. Please don’t be offended if I don’t have you listed yet, but do send me a reminder.)

Any bloggers I missed? My spreadsheet is on a cd that is not recognized by any of the macs in this house. It was a file on my work computer, and it seems when I burned this disc on my final day of work, I may have done something wrong. Sigh. I hope not. I had a lot of important stuff in the excel work sheet.

I just printed out the November running schedule. Here’s how the Saturdays look:
11/01: hills in Clermont. I’ll be skipping this one, as I can’t afford the gas to drive to Clermont. I’ll make it up as a minimum of ten miles at home. Perhaps my Cousin-in-law can be conned into running with me.
11/08: 15 miles location unknown
11/15: 18 miles at my favorite running location
11/22: 20 miles in Winter Garden. Hopefully I’m employed by then, else I’ll not drive out there and be forced to come up with 20 on my own.
11/29: REST! This year, I’m thankful for not running after Turkey Day and Black Friday! LOL!
11/20: Space Coast 1/2 Marathon. Hmmmm… must find out more about this.

Anyway, the point of this entry is that I am amazed at how much money I have raised for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society because of your generosity. Keep it up! We’re almost to our $2,400 goal. Keep LLS in mind as payday approaches for you. Even five bucks goes a long way.

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13.1 Baby! That’s a half marathon! Woo!

Distance: 13.10 mi
Duration: 3:17′39″
Pace: 15′04″ min/mi

I haven’t downloaded my run yet, so I cannot post a link for all one of you who ever out click to my runs. But let me tell you about my run.

I had my fastest five miles this morning! I ran the first five miles in 1:10′35″. That beats my previous best five time of 1:13′21″. I celebrated my fastest five miles. My coach rode by on her bike shortly after I hit five miles, and she rejoiced with me. I kept a pretty consistent pace of run one walk one for the first five.

I followed that up with my slowest five miles. I walked most of the second five. I tried to run thirty seconds walk ninety seconds, but my legs were not overly cooperative.

It was a very cloudy morning. During my first four miles, it was ridiculously humid. I was soaked after only two miles, mostly because my clothes and hair sucked all that moisture out of the air. Miserable running conditions. Then, after about mile four, it drizzled for maybe half a mile or a mile. That made such a difference in the humidity. Around mile six, the wind picked up. Oh, blessed, cooling wind! It remained windy for the rest of my run.

Our route is one mile from where we start to the lake. It’s two and a half miles around the lake. Since we had to get thirteen miles in, our coaches encouraged us to be creative with our route. So, I did the mile out to the lake, a lap around the lake, and then did a half mile square before doing three more laps around the lake. A final mile back to the start, and then two laps around the fountain to take me up to 13.1. It was important to me to hit point one, so that I could claim the half marathon. Honestly, if you’re going to do thirteen, why not do point one more and claim a real milestone?

I actually had to walk in circles to get that final point one. One of my mentors was sitting on the bench and asked me what I was doing. I told her I wanted that point one. She laughed, applauded me, and encouraged me to finish that point one so I could claim a half marathon! You may not understand, but my team mates do!

Overall, it was a great run. I feel great. Endorphin rush and all. Of course, I am rapidly losing my ability to walk, but this too shall pass!

Clearly I need to go out today and see if I can find a 13.1 sticker for my car!

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Two more donations came in this week; one via paypal and one via my TNT page. I now only need to raise an additional $840. Woo hoo! We are making great progress in the fight against Leukemia & Lymphoma!

Tomorrow morning, I’m running thirteen miles with my team. It’s on the course I rather like, so I’ll be there. I’ve been skipping the Saturdays that are too far from home due to our non-existent money and trying hard not to use gas. But, since tomorrow’s run is relatively close to home, I can go! Yay! It’s so much easier for me to do the long runs with people. Thirteen miles should be three laps around the lake.

RTY downloaded a new album off iTunes yesterday afternoon (she has a gift card and has been slowly buying music). I was hoping she’d buy the album and am happy to have all those new songs in my “gym” playlist. She mostly has good taste in music. Every now and then, she buys crap. But for the most part, she buys music we like, too. I feel lucky to have a kid keeping me in touch with the music scene, as I’m quite old!

It’s also helpful because almost everything RTY downloads, whether or not I like it, is music I can run to. So, I have some crap in my “gym” play list just because I need fast music if I am to have any hope of running.

Please, kids, consider dropping a couple bucks into my TNT fundraising pot. Every donation made decreases my stress level; the closer I get to my $2,400 goal, the better I feel about it. Then, all I have to worry about is my aging body and training for my marathon. As if funding the fight against blood cancers was not a lofty enough goal, you can help me with my peace of mind. I’d much rather not worry about my fundraising and only have to worry about coming up with money to pay my car payment.

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