$2900 raised!
I reached my fundraising minimum of $2800 today. This is awesome. Thanks a lot to all for your support. Now is the easy part, the full marathon on June 5.
Friday, May 20, 2005
Tuesday, May 10, 2005
20 miler Jitters!!
Here I am....two days before my last long run before the marathon, and I can't stop thinking about how hard those last two miles were on the 18-miler. How am I going to do two extra miles on top of that?! And then I stop myself. Am I really fretting over running 20 miles versus 18 miles? My friends who just started training for another marathon are losing sleep over their first 8-miler! And I few months ago, I was in their shoes!! How did I get here?
"Well, I would like to begin by thanking my family, my friends, and all my fans out there, without whose support, I couldn't have made it this far. Especially, I would like to thank my mom, my.........................."
...................................................................just kidding!
Getting back on track from my digression, I am indeed nervous about this run. And what about the 6.2 miles after that? How come one doesn't need any training for that? What if all my troubles start after mile 20 and I don't know how to deal with them. Shouldn't I be trained for a situation like that?! But then, hundreds of people complete their first marathon successfully, don't they? If they can do it, why can't I? As someone in my team put it the other day, maybe the marathon will feel like nothing more than just another long training run. Yeah, that seems like a pretty comforting thought.....let me just focus on making myself believe this for now.
And as you can imagine, amidst all this anziety and angst, I've had little time to worry about my fundraising. I really need to get the ball rolling as there are only a few days left for my fundraising deadline. So, dear "friends, family and countrymen, lend me your ears".....and your, money :-)
"Well, I would like to begin by thanking my family, my friends, and all my fans out there, without whose support, I couldn't have made it this far. Especially, I would like to thank my mom, my.........................."
...................................................................just kidding!
Getting back on track from my digression, I am indeed nervous about this run. And what about the 6.2 miles after that? How come one doesn't need any training for that? What if all my troubles start after mile 20 and I don't know how to deal with them. Shouldn't I be trained for a situation like that?! But then, hundreds of people complete their first marathon successfully, don't they? If they can do it, why can't I? As someone in my team put it the other day, maybe the marathon will feel like nothing more than just another long training run. Yeah, that seems like a pretty comforting thought.....let me just focus on making myself believe this for now.
And as you can imagine, amidst all this anziety and angst, I've had little time to worry about my fundraising. I really need to get the ball rolling as there are only a few days left for my fundraising deadline. So, dear "friends, family and countrymen, lend me your ears".....and your, money :-)
