First TNT run.

We had our first Team in Training group run today. I felt like death! I still have this horrible cold, but didn't want to miss out on our first run. I had a great deal of lung butter, and felt like my feet weighed 100 pounds each. I guess all runs cannot be magical...and there are no doubts that this run was in NO way magical.

This friday will be my first fundraiser.. I am actually really nervous for it. I am concerned that nobody will come, that it will not be profitable and that I will look like a loser. Ok, so I understand that I am being a bit melodramatic about this whole situation. I have no idea why I get so worried when I plan events, but I do. When I was growing up I would always make my mom wait outside of wherever she dropped me off. Even if I was going to my best friends house, I would ask her to wait, just in the even that she was bailing on our plans. This , of course never happened. I am sure that the fundraiser will go very well, I am sure that I have nothing to worry about..... but.....

Fundraising update:

As of right now I am sitting at $20.00. One of my mothers friends gave me a $20.00 and wrote a message on it. It was the perfect first donation. I will update my blog with what we make at the pub night fundraiser.. Ultimate goal of 7500.00.

I finished my first half marathon!

I did it! I actually finished my first half marathon. Megan, Aaron and myself all did it together.. A total of 21km. We finished in two hours and sixteen minutes. I was really proud of that time. The next race we will do will probably be Paris..

Cheers to that :)

excited for the weekend.

I cannot sleep... I am overly excited for this weekend. This weekend will be the longest run that I have ever gone on. Not only that, but as soon as I cross the finish line, some nice volunteer will hand me a medal! It has only been a few weeks since Megan and I signed up, and it is all that I think about now. I guess you could say that I am obsessed with running this half marathon, and even more crazy about going to Paris with Team in Training.
On the whole Team in Training note.. I have having my very first fundraiser at the end of this month. This is a great thing, as I am currently sitting at a big ol' "O" in terms of donations. I am hosting a pub night... Standard fare with a nice 50/50 draw and a toonie toss. I am hoping that I will be able to raise at least 1000.00 towards my fundraising goal of 6500.00 . When I first signed up I said that I was not afraid of the fundraising goal.. Turns out that now I am terrified of it... Wish me luck!

15k!

Today I ran 15km with Megan. Wow, so proud of both of us. It started out as a group run, and ended with Megan and myself. Four girls left downtown as a group, we all agreed upon a slow, long run, clearly that did not work out. The two other girls that came with us decided to take off like they were being chased by the police. They ran, and sadly did not look back. Clearly they did not understand the concept of a group run. I felt horrible about the run. Megan was concered that she was holding me back, she was feeling ill and not thrilled to be running. It made me furious that the two girls took off! Enough of them though.
What happened once Megan and I were on our own was amazing. Megan was a trooper, despite the fact that she was feeling ill. It was an awesome run, slightly raining the entire time. This slight mist was good for keeping us cool, and gave us a beautiful rainbow at km 12. Just the push that we needed to make it to 15.
I now know what it feels like to go on a ' long ' run. The mind gives up before the body. It is all mental. If you can run 5km, you can run 15. It turns out that it is all in your mind. When Megan said that she was done. I told her she could do it, and of course she could. I have no doubt that we can do a half marathon next weekend. After 15km in 1.5 hours, I think we are prepped for this:)
Happy Running!

Dripping sweat.

I thought that I might get a second job to save money for the big Europe trip....That all went out the window about an hour ago . I went to a class with Fawn..BodySmart..or Smart Body or something about our bodies..and something about being smart...anyway ..It was great! I am not really an overly sweaty person. Well that all changed tonight. The class was one hour long, one short hour, but it was more than enough. I was so sweaty when we were done the class that my hair felt like I had just jumped out of the Ocean. That is enough for me to want come back every single week.

Something as little as a great sweat makes me really appreciate my life. At the moment that the very first bead of sweat fell down my face I realized that I would be changing my quality of life by taking on a second job. I love having the ability to get off of work and hang out with some great friend, head to the gym, or do whatever I want to. Working a second job would take that away from me. Sure, it would put extra money in my pocket, but money means nothing when you have no time, or friends to enjoy it with.

I will be going to a class every Thursday, it will not put an extra fifty dollars in my pocket, but it will be worth every second.

Cheers!

Let the countdown begin!

Well all of the ladies went to our little meeting about the Paris Marathon! We are all signed up. I am now officially going to Paris in April. We will be fundraising for the Leukemia and Lymphoma society, and training our little butts off.
After our meeting we went for our weekly Sunday run in the forest. It was wonderful. There has been an amazing amount of sunshine this fall, making for some good long weekend runs. The group of girls heading out every week seems to be growing. Liana called yesterday and said that if we were going out on the weekend, that she would for sure be there with us! Nice to know that everybody is out there having fun.
As of right now I have 6500.00 left of fundraising and more than just a few tough runs ahead of me. Wish me good luck!