another great cause MARCH22-28!

check, check, check it out ...

www.tapproject.org

help fundraise without your OWN money!!

www.insiderpages.com/fundraisers/Team-in-Training-Large-0904

Starting TOMORROW - March 15 - April 4 (three short weeks!) I will be fundraising using insiderpages.com. How can you help? Go to that link and write a review of a local business. If you are the first person to review that business they donate $0.50 to my fundraiser, and if you are the 2nd to 4th person to review it they donate $0.25. 

All the money raised is going to my team-in-training fundraising and will support my marathon in New Jersey! 

Tell everyone you know! The person who helps me raise the most money will win a refurbished ipod shuffle from me!!!!! 

Thanks for your continued support!!!!!!!

NYRR 8000 M

last night's fundraiser was successful! i mean, it would've had to have been no matter what considering it cost me and bridget nothing to do, so even if one person came we made money. but we made about $155/each off the wristbands plus another $55 in cash benjamins from people so we each made about $210 yesterday which was definitely exciting!! my new fundraising minimum is $2600 so that puts me at about $1500 (which is not registering on my fundraising page yet so don't be alarmed). 

after drinking a ridiculous amount from 4-7, i somehow got peer pressured into going to japanese, which was a good thing because otherwise i probably would have just gone home and gone to sleep and not been fit to run this morning. as it happens, i went to bed by 10:00, and despite waking up every hour from 3am on -- thinking it was time to wake up and being alarmed that my head hurt too much -- i got up at 7am and got to the race EARLY (as in, i didn't arrive as people were already crossing the start line). 

i didn't know what time we crossed the start but at mile 1 we were at 14:40. from that mile on i was running about 9:50/mile, until i got to the last stretch. cat hill .. you knowww. which really wasn't as bad as i remembered it but it was still not easy. 

i probably could've shaved another 30 seconds off my overall time had i known where the actual finish line was, but it was a lot sooner than i thought. i crossed at 54:04 and when i checked my pace turns out i was running a 9:57/mile pace. WHOOO!!! FINALLY!! it's ABOUT TIME!! i mean, i know it was only 5 miles, but still, i have been enraged by have 10:something paces. 

also, i am going to write a letter to NYRR about their water stations. i mean, WTF!! i get sooo enraged every single time. 

#1 - why is the cup sooo big. 

#2 - why is it SOOO filled with water. 

#3 - why do people STOP AND WALK to drink there water (see #1&2 for possible explanations). 

it is enraging. believe me, i have run many many races. in FLORIDA. where an intense amount of water probably IS necessary. even in florida though the cup is tiny and you have about as much water in it that you can swallow in one gulp. this allows people to not stop to drink it and its just a much wiser idea. 

i get pissed every time at these freakin races. 

also, when i see a child who looks about he weighs all of 80 lbs... like he is actually skin and bones ... start to walk and then hear is mom behind me, "don't walk yet, its only the first mile!" and then watch her as she runs up on him and encourages him to keep running .. i mean, it enrages me. i dont care if you have seen your kid run 20 miles without stopping so you know he can do it .. if he wants to walk, let him walk. quite frankly he should be walking to go get a milkshake (or 5) to put some weight on him. 

thanks again to everyone who came out and supported us last night!!!! you guys are awesome!!!

a little bit of good news

...ok, a lot. 

i spoke to the people over @ TNT today and they said i COULD switch to the NJ marathon which is the weekend AFTER the country music marathon. im still bummed because part of the reason i wanted to do it was that i REALLY REALLY wanted to experience the whole 'country music' part. 

so, now i really need to reenergize and refocus on running a marathon! 

tonight. FUNDRAISER. 4-7, GIN MILL, $25!! it will be awesome!

tomorrow. NYRR8000. 

sunday. i better to a long run. like, a longggg run! 

UN.BE.LIEV.ABLE.

oh GREAT. 

you know im not a person who employs foul language, um, ever. but right now its about that time. 

in order to get my masters from Lehman college, i have to take comprehensive exam, in spanish, on 4 out of 6 predetermined questions (ie: "El Romancero gitano de Federico Garcia Lorca se caracteriza por una feliz combinación de tradición y novedad. Apoyándose en ejemplos concretos, identifique qué aspectos del libro tienen que ver con distintos momentos de la historia literaria española o universal, y qué otros aspectod están relacionados con las vanguardias.") So it involves a LOT of pre-exam research and of course you cant bring any of that with you to the test. its on ONE saturday (ONLY) during the semester and its five hours. 12-5. you cannot take it in the summer. you cannot take it if you are not registered for any classes. my last opportunity to take it is THIS semester. i JUST got an email from the advisor telling me that date. any guesses?anyone?

yep. april 25 aka the date of the country music marathon. 

UMMM. 

WTF. 

i am beyond pissed! its just sooo frustrating. 

that's all for now. 

the fundraiser is still on though. be there. 

clear your calendars!!

so its finalllly happening! 

me and bridget are having a fundraiser on friday, march 13 @ the gin mill on amsterdam between 81st - 82nd. its from 4-7. understandably, a lot of people are still at work, but teachers are not. 

its gonna be $25 for the 3 hours, open bar, wells drink and draft beers. 

so be there and tell everyone you know!!! 

my two favorite things: salsa & shamrocks

so yesterday bridge and I ran the salsa, blues and shamrocks 5k in the heights. it was fabulous in that i love salsa, blues and shamrocks. i love 5ks. and i looove (the most) running races that are only 2 subway stops away from my house. one thing i DID learn was why the "heights" is so aptly named the "heights". those were some HILLS! good God. 

its sort of hitting me that this thing is happening in two months and i really need to push it into overtime!! 

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