20 Miles Accomplished

This Saturday, along with my running team, Team In Training, I completed 20 miles. And I feel GREAT! That was such an amazing thing, to run a full 20 miles. I never though I would be able to say that I did such a thing... or even wanted to. This run was easier than the 16 miler and the 18 miler, and I am not entirely sure why. I felt good throughout the whole thing, well up until about mile 16 or 18, I can't remember. Around that time my right hip (which has given my a lot of trouble on other runs) started to hurt a little but it was completely bearable. The last 2 miles were tough but I got through it.

Oh, and let me not forget to mention that at mile 3 I was stung by a bee in my arm. Poor bee flew right into my sleeve. And ow. I stopped, flung the bee away, took out the stinger, and thought about turning around and going back to the first water stop that was right around the corner. But that would have been the easy way out and since I'm not allergic to bees, I just kept going. And yes, it hurt, but not for long. Just an interesting thing to tell people when I say I ran a full 20 miles. haha.

So, getting back to the run, when I finally finished, in the 95+ degree heat, I felt incredibly nauseous and my legs ached. I finished 2nd from the running group so I didn't see anyone. The only thing I could do was find a shady spot next to our meeting spot and almost curl up into a little ball. I felt horrible. I was dehydrated. Someone from the team found me (and saved me!) and took me over to where the rest of the team was to meet. She gave me salt (ew) and I rested. After about 5 minutes I started to feel MUCH better. I had not realized how out of it I was.

So after a few more minutes I went home, took a nice 10 minute ice bath (thank goodness for those!!) and grabbed some food while I ran errands with the boyfriend. I must not have had much water to drink while we were out because around 2:00pm I started getting a headache. This lead to the worse headache I have ever had in my life. And it stayed with me until Sunday afternoon, despite my drinking water. Although, on Saturday I know I did not drink enough, which will never happen again now that I know the consequences... Ug. So, water is definitely my friend. ;)

All The Generous Donations

I wanted to add a little onto my post from yesterday...

ALL of the donations that I have received for my Team In Training fundraising have been generous. I feel blessed and truly thankful for each and every donation and each and every person who has sent their kind words, wished me luck, or added encouragement for my coming marathon!

I will be running 20 miles this weekend, tomorrow, and this run is dedicated to all of those people for their kindness and support!

Until tomorrow...

:)

A VERY Generous Donation

Today was the last official day for my Team In Training donations to be submitted. This morning I was a little worried because I was still about $500 away from my goal- after figuring in some last minute checks that I submitted via snail-mail. So I was completely taken aback when I got an email from Angie at Rock Bottom Brewery...

A couple of months ago I had a fundraiser at Rock Bottom Brewery. All of the proceeds from their Beer Tapping (releasing a new beer) would go to my fundraising efforts. The new beer being tapped is $1 a pint for one hour. Well, that was a fantastic event with a HUGE turnout! It was especially great because I got to see a lot of my friends that I have not seen in a while.

Anyway, I just got the donation from the company... $2,000. My goodness that made my day! I am now way over my fundraising goal and that much more will go toward helping those with blood cancers. I feel blessed for being a part of this amazing group, TNT, and helping the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. And now my stresses of not being able to raise enough are gone.



(These pictures are from the event... I'm announcing the event from the bar!)

Great way to ease into the weekend! Tomorrow's Friday!!! Everyone have a superb rest of your days.

Have your cheesecake and eat it too!

Even Better Than The 'Real' Thing
These raw cheesecakes are amazingly close to the flavor and texture of a "real" cheesecake but without ANY of the guilt! Seriously!

These cheesecakes are loaded with vitamins, minerals, healthy fats, raw nuts, dates, lemon, unprocessed honey, sea salt, vanilla, and fruit. I cannot begin to describe how tasty these are and actually good for you too! Especially after a long, hard run! You have all earned it!

If you are interested in purchasing one or two or even three (hehe!) then please let me know! I have two flavors that I'll be making:

Lemon Cheese with Berry Sauce

Strawberry Cheesecake

*Whole cheesecake (Serves 10-12+) $60
*Half (still pretty big cake!) $30

ALL proceeds goes to my fundraising efforts! (Last minute! Eeeek!)

If anyone is interested in helping me reach my goal for The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, Please check out www.runlorirun.org

**Hopefully you live in the SF/Santa Cruz/Bay area or Near Sacramento, CA... cause I can only deliver so far... :) **