Well today is day 1 of training for the marathon. As it turned out we were given TEN spots by NYRR for the NYC Marathon November 6th. Our team has 5 parents of kids with spina bifida (1 Dad, 4 Moms) and 5 friends/family of the team members. The kids were represent range in age from 1 year old to 9 years old, and there is 1 girl (Emily!) and 4 boys. We have runners from New York, West Virginia, New Jersey, Texas, and Arizona.
Each one of us must raise at least $2500 for the SBA, but the hope is that we each raise $5000 and come in with $50,000.
And so training began today. I thought each week I'd post the training plan. This week's total mileage is 30, with 4 spin classes and 4 days of weights/strength training. The long run is only 12 miles...but the 18 mile long run is just 3 weeks away!
No news yet on a date for when sassydamsel.com goes live. It's very frustrating to be at mercy of a website designer as I thought we would have launched by now, at the latest. In any event, we will be at the Lancaster Art Show July 17th, so if you are local come on out and see what we have! Many of the accessories I'm making will be exclusive to the event and will not be available through the website.
Happy 4th of July!
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ReplyDeleteMy name is Jenna and I came across your site. Emily is an amazing, courageous, strong and determined fighter. He is a brave warrior, smilen champ and an inspirational hero. I was born with a rare life threatening disease. I love it when people sign my guestbook. www.miraclechamp.webs.com