Today was the first official day of training for the San Diego Rock 'n' Roll Marathon! At 7 am, the group of people participating in this year's Team in Training races met for our first group run of 2 miles. I had kind of started to get really nervous about this, wondering what in the world I was thinking when I signed up for this!! Today definitely renewed my excitement! Don't get me wrong...the thought of running 17 or 18 miles in one day just for training still makes my stomach churn a bit. But as a group, so far we have raised $21,000 for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society's research!!! This is just in the month or so since that first meeting! Knowing that this race will not only benefit thousands of people with blood cancers, but selfishly, will also knock out one of the the things on my bucket list makes me very excited about running in May. So far, I have raised $685! A great big thank you to all of you who have donated! Please feel free to send the link to my donation page to as many people as you would like! I know I will meet my goal.
http://pages.teamintraining.org/ntx/rnr09/mflenniken
After the run today, a shoe clinic was held to help fit us all for appropriate shoes and clothing for our events. It was at this place called Run On! in Dallas. They had me take off my shoes, watched the way I walk, and brought out shoes that will be best for me. So with new shoes and socks, I'm good to go...for now! My goal is to blog about my running experiences every week or two, but I make no promises! Thanks again for your support, whether financially or emotionally! I hope you all have an awesome weekend!
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