Up and running!
Have you heard the expression, “You can’t manage what you can’t measure”? Well, the time has come for measurement. I am now up and running online! I have signed up for an online training program with the folks at the Running Room and I have also set up my personal page with the Joints in Motion Team.
The Running Room lays out how much I need to train in order to finish the half-marathon in my goal time. It also offers tips and provides a daily journal to input my workout for the day. I originally was shooting for a sub two hour half-marathon, but once again my much saner wife staged an intervention. You might recall in a previous blog I mentioned the Goddess gently suggested I not set myself up for failure and run a half-marathon, instead of the full ones I used to run in my 30s. So now, Stephie has talked me into shooting for somewhere between two hours and 15 minutes and two hours and a half. I am now 14 weeks away from half-marathon day. I definately have things in motion.
My Joints in Motion site allows me to send fundraising emails to everyone in my address book — family, friends, work colleagues, fellow curlers and croquet players, parents of my kid’s friends and teammates, you get the picture. My dog has friends too, but I don’t know the owner’s names, just their dog’s, so I can’t e-mail them. Since 680News is my employer and everyone supports my fundraising quest, I figured $6,800 would be the perfect number to shoot for as I appeal to listeners on our airwaves to pitch in. The best scenario is if you sign up to join me in Barbados and raise your own funds. The next option is to sign up for another one of the fabulous Joints in Motion fundraising adventures down the road. Failing either of those options, I would truly appreciate it if you would sponsor me. I am honored to have been asked to raise funds to find a cure for this disease that robs so many people of the joy of participating in activities they love. I know dollars are tight these days, but if you can spare even a small donation it WILL make a difference. So now that I have you reading my blog, the next step is to get you over to my “participant profile” on the Arthritis Society website to make a donation.
All you need to do is click on the link right here beside my blog.
I look forward to watching the donations ‘thermometer’ grow with your wonderful generosity!
Thanks for helping me reach my Joints in Motion ‘fundraising guarantee!’
-Paul
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