Saturday, October 30, 2004

Marthon Fundraising Update

Well, I'm up to $1,805.00 now, which is over half way there (yeah!). I've still got $1,695.00 to raise. It's been neat to see the people that are enthusiatic about supporting me. I am so thankful to those who have supported me. If you are interested in supporting me, visit the Train to End Stroke website at http://gophoenix2005.kintera.org/faf/home/default.asp?ievent=52307&lis=1&kntae52307=E8BBDF5CC1BC458BA9EE9F08A03EC2C7&login=o and search for my name (if it's not in the top 5 list on the right). Or you can send a check made out to the American Stroke Association to me at home (email me and I'll give you my home address).

ALL DONATIONS ARE TAX DEDUCTIBLE!!

Here is a list of those who have donated:

Ann Blaine
Daniel Brooks, State Farm, Houston, Texas
Nancy Brown
Stacy Conville
Ashley Crump
Diane Deville
April Erwin
Beth Ann Godair
Robin Gosserand
Joyce Green
John Gunter
Janis Gustin
Dave Henry
James Jorgensen
Kiwanis Club of Baytown, Texas
Casey Kirchner
Tori LaCoco and Lynna Stephenson, My Trainer, League City, Texas
Cheryl Lewis
Veronica Lopez
Linda Middlebrooks
Gene and Gaye Lynn Ortis
Karl Ortis
Shelly Osborn
Liz Pattison
Jimmy Reynolds
Ravi Sankaran
Ta Sraubol
Kate and Tony Swartz
Dr. Mark Woods, Woods Chiropractic, Laporte, Texas
Cara Von Tress

Update

Well, it's been too long since I've written in here. So, I'll outline what's been going on in my training.

October 3rd: I ran the USA Space City 10-miler in Clear Lake, Texas. I finished in under 2 hours, which is OK. I would have like to finish faster, but that's OK. I'll do better next time. We got a medal for being in the first 750 to finish, which was pretty cool!

October 9th: I ran in the Calvary Crossrun 5K in Alexandria, Louisiana at Calvary Baptist Church, which is where I grew up going to church. It was a rainy day, but I really pushed myself and finished in 30:09, which is a pretty good 5K time for me. I won 3rd place (Bronze medal) in my age group, which was a pleasant surprise. Just about my whole family participated and we had lots of fun (as usual!).

October 30th: I was finally able to meet back up with the Train to End Stroke group to train. We trained in the Woodlands, which is an hour and fifteen minutes away from where I live. So, I had to get up at 4:30am...uggh!!! Well, we made it there on time (despite almost getting lost) and got started with the group...it was really dark this morning! We ran 13.4 miles and it was quite difficult...did you know they have hills in the Woodlands?!?!? 13.4 miles is the farthest distance I have ever done straight, so I'm pretty proud of that. I would have been much prouder if I would have run the whole thing, but that's for another day. Now, I'm just recovering from the distance!