So I have completed my first week of training with Team in Training a group that is raises money for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society by training people to compete in endurance events
Who is the Savvy Scribe?
- Savvy Sarcastic
- I am a single mom, a full time student, working to make a better life for my daughter and myself. I am sarcastic and opinionated and refuse to sensor myself. I am a liberal, gun owner, and a sports fanatic.
Thursday, January 27, 2011
Thursday, January 20, 2011
Still Running and TRYING to write.
Whew!
I just got in from my first solo run/jog/drag my sorry ass around the block a few times.
I was out for about 1/2 an hour and I'll admit right now, I didn't run the whole time. But I actually managed to run more than I walked.
TWO DAYS LATER:
So I never finished that blog... life is crazy and it's hardest thing in the world finding time to sit down and write. I do lots of diddling around on the computer but taking the time to sit down, to write and organize my thoughts seems to be like pulling teeth around here lately. I'm starting to get damn frustrated with not having time to do this without being interrupted constantly. But AAANYWAY!
It's Thursday night and I've had an amazing day. I really want to write about it, to express and explore all the thoughts on my mind. However--tonight is not the night.
I just got in from my first solo run/jog/drag my sorry ass around the block a few times.
I was out for about 1/2 an hour and I'll admit right now, I didn't run the whole time. But I actually managed to run more than I walked.
TWO DAYS LATER:
So I never finished that blog... life is crazy and it's hardest thing in the world finding time to sit down and write. I do lots of diddling around on the computer but taking the time to sit down, to write and organize my thoughts seems to be like pulling teeth around here lately. I'm starting to get damn frustrated with not having time to do this without being interrupted constantly. But AAANYWAY!
It's Thursday night and I've had an amazing day. I really want to write about it, to express and explore all the thoughts on my mind. However--tonight is not the night.
Saturday, January 15, 2011
A new Journey...13 miles to Save Lives.
Hi folks. I know it's been a while and you might all be wondering where I've been and if I survived the holidays.
Well, yeah. I survived. Best Christmas ever, a very happy New Year and now I am lacing up my sneakers and starting off on a new journey. I am training to run a half-marathon. I'll be working with Team in Training an organization that works to fight blood cancers. Several years ago my family lost my Uncle Carlos to Leukemia and has never been the same. He left behind a wife and four daughters-one of whom is severely disabled. They have survived and are five of the most amazing women I know, but the space that Carlos left behind in this world is still there. I am training and raising money to help save lives, so that if even one family is spared the loss my family suffered I will have reached my goal.
For anyone who doesn't know me very well, this is a huge undertaking. Firstly I am about 30lbs over-weight, have been a smoker for 16 years and have never run more than a mile in my life. But it is time. This is what I need.
I will be blogging about my training and fundraising as part of my journey. I promise you all today that I will either blog or jog every single day. Very shortly there will be a link right on my blog and Facebook page to my Fundraising Website
So here is what I am asking of you:
Well, yeah. I survived. Best Christmas ever, a very happy New Year and now I am lacing up my sneakers and starting off on a new journey. I am training to run a half-marathon. I'll be working with Team in Training an organization that works to fight blood cancers. Several years ago my family lost my Uncle Carlos to Leukemia and has never been the same. He left behind a wife and four daughters-one of whom is severely disabled. They have survived and are five of the most amazing women I know, but the space that Carlos left behind in this world is still there. I am training and raising money to help save lives, so that if even one family is spared the loss my family suffered I will have reached my goal.
For anyone who doesn't know me very well, this is a huge undertaking. Firstly I am about 30lbs over-weight, have been a smoker for 16 years and have never run more than a mile in my life. But it is time. This is what I need.
I will be blogging about my training and fundraising as part of my journey. I promise you all today that I will either blog or jog every single day. Very shortly there will be a link right on my blog and Facebook page to my Fundraising Website
So here is what I am asking of you:
- Donate what you can. I have a minimum of 1500 dollars to raise, but I have a personal goal of 2500.
- Share my blog and journey. Chances are if you are not personally a cancer survivor, you know someone who is. Or maybe you have lost a friend or family member to blood cancer.
Stay tuned. There will be pictures, and stories, and it will be a messy, beautiful process that you can be a part of.
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