Week 13: Fundraising Success and Halfway Party!

Day 90: Rest
Day 89: Rest
Day 88: 3 mile track workout
Day 87: 50 minutes - 5.6 miles
Day 86: Rest
Day 85: 157 minutes - 18.5 miles
Day 84: Rest

Alot has taken place this last week in my world of Team In Training. First of all, I am most excited to report that I have met my fundraising goal!! I am giving a shout out to all who have helped me with this aspect of my challenge. It was very tough and kind of stressful. Without a doubt, I couldn't have reached my goal without the support of others. I still have a couple fundraisers planned so looks like cancer is going to take a bigger hit from me than expected! :P

Our team also had our halfway party. The timing of the halfway party is not exactly at the halfway point...but i'll take any excuse to party with my teammates. We had a good time and it was very motivational. Our mentors gave out some fun awards and shared their past marathon experiences. We also ate lots of food and enjoyed eachothers company over a pint of beer. It was strange seeing my teammates in regular clothes instead of 8am sweaty workout clothes!

This week, again...i had the longest run of my life! I didnt make it to practice with the team because of a certification exam I had scheduled that day. I did my long run on Sunday this week. I was scared to take on such long mileage by myself so I recruited a friend to go the distance with me. Only true friends will agree to this kind of favor! We lucked out and had perfect weather too. I felt pretty good most of then run...hips got sore after about 8 miles, but I kept running. There was a gaint hill around mile 13 that ALMOST had me walking, but I kept running. The last mile was complete torture though...I swear every joint, muscle, bone in my legs was on fire! It got to the point where I just didnt feel the need to run the last 3 minutes of my run...18.5 miles was far enough me! My knee felt like it was about to flare up again like it did last week so I played it safe. After the run, we stretched forever and ate lots of food! We were both limping around...very sore and stiff so we decided to take an ice bath. Haha, it was so cold that I screaming at the top of my lungs!! It took a couple minutes to get used to it, but I am glad I took the plunge! :P