You guys are AWESOME

WOW...what a great week for donations. We have reached and exceeded our goal of $1000.00 and still have 2 1/2 weeks to go. Keep it going...can we reach $1500?
Thank you to all who have donated. It means so much to us!

Long Distance

This past Saturday was one of the longest distances we will do in training for the 1/2 marathon...8-9 miles. It was grueling. With all of our training over 6 miles, it seems as though you hit a wall at the 6 mile point and then work through it. Around 8 miles, there is a even harder wall. My legs started to lock up, ankles got tight, etc. I could see the finish line and kept going. I ran between 3-4 miles of the 8-9 miles and Amy ran the majority. 4 weeks from today we will have accomplished our goal. I can't believe it is almost here.
I was talking to my dad this weekend about how hard it is for me to run long distances. I have never been good at it. I told him that I have three goals: Finish the Race, Don't be the last one to finish & Start/Finish the race running.

C's are up

OK...today is the opportunity for the C's to show up the A's and B's.
Let's Go C's, Let's Go!
Again...thanks to everyone who has donated!

Thank you, Thank you, Thank you

Thank you to all who have joined our team by donating to the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. This week starts the push for our training & fund-raising. Each day or so, i am going to send an email out to everyone in my email address book under a certain letter (yesterday was A) and each of these groups will form a fund-raising team. Each team will compete against each other in this fund-raising blitz. Thank you Ashley for starting everything off for us yesterday. A special Thank you to all who have donated. Remember to send a note to your friends and family to help us raise money for CFF. Any size donation is greatly appreciated.
To everyone following and helping, Thank you, Thank you, Thank you.

Today's Team is Team B. Let's go Team B.

5 weeks to go

Are you serious that we are down to 5 weeks to go? I am not even close to being ready. YIKES.
Last week was an off week. We traveled to visit Amy's family and then from there traveled to Raleigh for two days of training/classes for the kitchen design program we use at B&T Kitchens and Baths. During this time it felt as if I regressed a couple weeks so it is time to get on track. Amy continues to do great. We ran at Mount Trashmore this past weekend and I could see Amy on the other end of the park still running as I was walking, pushing the jogging stroller. I guess when i am pushing it, it should be called a walking stroller as that is all i seem to do.
We are working on getting an average time of 13 minutes/mile, which means that we will finish the race in 2 hours, 50 minutes. I know this is slow in the world of running, but we have to start somewhere...We often joke about the professional runners that will pass us as they are on about lap 10 and we are on lap 2. Amy is doing great and can run faster than this...she can comfortably do 12 minute miles. I am lucky to get 13 minute miles. I am good at short distances and sprinting, but these long distances are tough on me. I have yet to figure out my rhythm and how i will make this happen so the next 4+ weeks are very important.

I want to thank everyone who has donated to the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. I hope to raise a lot more over the next 4+ weeks. Each time i see a new donation, i really focus on my own goal of making it through the 1/2 marathon and getting in shape for my son, Peyton.
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Thanks to all who have donated or are considering donating...I truly appreciate it!

I am going to try to post on here each week and hopefully more leading up to the race.