A Belated Happy Easter to all, and Happy Belated Passover as well! The past week and a half have been so inspiring! Thank you to everyone who has contributed and supported me and the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society! So a little recap-
This past Monday, I hosted a wine tasting fundraiser at Best Cellars in Clarendon(Arlington, VA). We tasted 5 different wines and had a great time- the winery donated both their time and wine to the cause, and we raised over $200 in the name of fighting cancer!
Also, thanks to your help, I jumped up from $896 two Fridays ago to $2,459! A $1563 jump! And I know there's more on the way... Thank you. But our job's not done yet. We're only half way to $5000, and I need your help! Talk to your friends, invite them to check out this blog, and send them to my fundraising page: http://pages.teamintraining.org/nca/anttry09/shoar.
I invite you to take a look at your life. Think about the all the times you took on something so large you didn't know if you could make it to the finish line. Think of the times where you didn't. Think of the times you did. Right now, there's a little boy or girl, or even a full grown man or woman, who has a blood cancer and doesn't know if they'll be able to make it. Even when they've decided to go through with chemotherapy and/or radiation, to fight the cancer and the spread of it. Fortunately, with the research and progress that the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society has made with these cancers, there is, for the most part, still very positive survival rates(from 60-80% depending on the cancer). However, it's not 100%. There are still people who will lose the battle, no matter how hard they fight, no matter how hard they try. It's for them that we fight, we train, we fundraise for.
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This week at our swim practice, we did a full mile swim without stopping(1600 yds). I however arrived a few minutes late, so I'm not sure if I swam the whole 70 laps non-stop without stopping to catch my breath. Today however, I did it! I swam a full 70 laps, 1600 yds, 1 mile, without stopping! I wanted to quit around laps 33-36. I started panicing- not knowing if I was going to make it, but I kept on. And I did it. Now I won't have the walls to push off of every 25yds, or even at all, the day of the triathlon. But, just knowing that I was able to complete it means that I will have a good shot the day of. Plus, I'll also be wearing a wetsuit which will keep me more buoyant, and in salt water which also will make me more buoyant. Of course the 1000 other people I'll be swimming with, on, over, under, and into, will certainly create some resistance, so it's definitely not pie i
n the sky.
Training for this triathlon has been life transforming. Just a year ago, back in March, I weighed 210 lbs. I
had gone to my doctor for a checkup, and she diagnosed me 'obese'. I couldn't believe it. I didn't think I was Obese. I didn't feel Obese. I didn't feel fit either. Throughout the summer and fall I managed to lose about 14-15 lbs. When I began training for the triathlon, I was back up to 196. Last week when I weighed myself, I was down to 176. I feel great. I feel healthy. I had to alter my diet. I had to workout twice a day for weeks on end. and now, in a little more than a week, I will be completing my first triathlon. Yeah. Pretty cool huh?
If you were inspired, moved, or touched at all by anything you saw, read, or felt here, I request that you make a donation to my fundraising page to the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. You can help save lives too!
This past Monday, I hosted a wine tasting fundraiser at Best Cellars in Clarendon(Arlington, VA). We tasted 5 different wines and had a great time- the winery donated both their time and wine to the cause, and we raised over $200 in the name of fighting cancer!
Also, thanks to your help, I jumped up from $896 two Fridays ago to $2,459! A $1563 jump! And I know there's more on the way... Thank you. But our job's not done yet. We're only half way to $5000, and I need your help! Talk to your friends, invite them to check out this blog, and send them to my fundraising page: http://pages.teamintraining.org/nca/anttry09/shoar.
I invite you to take a look at your life. Think about the all the times you took on something so large you didn't know if you could make it to the finish line. Think of the times where you didn't. Think of the times you did. Right now, there's a little boy or girl, or even a full grown man or woman, who has a blood cancer and doesn't know if they'll be able to make it. Even when they've decided to go through with chemotherapy and/or radiation, to fight the cancer and the spread of it. Fortunately, with the research and progress that the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society has made with these cancers, there is, for the most part, still very positive survival rates(from 60-80% depending on the cancer). However, it's not 100%. There are still people who will lose the battle, no matter how hard they fight, no matter how hard they try. It's for them that we fight, we train, we fundraise for.
.
This week at our swim practice, we did a full mile swim without stopping(1600 yds). I however arrived a few minutes late, so I'm not sure if I swam the whole 70 laps non-stop without stopping to catch my breath. Today however, I did it! I swam a full 70 laps, 1600 yds, 1 mile, without stopping! I wanted to quit around laps 33-36. I started panicing- not knowing if I was going to make it, but I kept on. And I did it. Now I won't have the walls to push off of every 25yds, or even at all, the day of the triathlon. But, just knowing that I was able to complete it means that I will have a good shot the day of. Plus, I'll also be wearing a wetsuit which will keep me more buoyant, and in salt water which also will make me more buoyant. Of course the 1000 other people I'll be swimming with, on, over, under, and into, will certainly create some resistance, so it's definitely not pie i
n the sky. Training for this triathlon has been life transforming. Just a year ago, back in March, I weighed 210 lbs. I
had gone to my doctor for a checkup, and she diagnosed me 'obese'. I couldn't believe it. I didn't think I was Obese. I didn't feel Obese. I didn't feel fit either. Throughout the summer and fall I managed to lose about 14-15 lbs. When I began training for the triathlon, I was back up to 196. Last week when I weighed myself, I was down to 176. I feel great. I feel healthy. I had to alter my diet. I had to workout twice a day for weeks on end. and now, in a little more than a week, I will be completing my first triathlon. Yeah. Pretty cool huh?If you were inspired, moved, or touched at all by anything you saw, read, or felt here, I request that you make a donation to my fundraising page to the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. You can help save lives too!
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