Attended my first Team in Training meeting the other night and did my first run with them this morning. This thing is going pretty well. I can do five miles with some struggle, but four miles with some regularity, though not ease. I need to change my running days from MWF to TThS. The schedule says I should be doing six or seven miles by late February. This is hard work—painful and tedious—but I think I might be getting to a point where I look forward to it and can’t wait for the next accomplishment. I have not, however, reached the alleged “runner’s high.” That needs to start happening as soon as possible.
I’m still loosing weight, slowly. I absolutely have more energy throughout the day. I’m still off insulin but the result is that my blood sugars are more erratic, mostly dropping out after the Glimeperide. (Don’t worry mom, this is all good stuff.) So I’m relearning how, when, and what to eat—and how to mix that with medicine. In a good way, a very good way.
The fundraising will get serious soon and you all will be getting emails and letters from me. I feel selfish asking since all I talk about is how this program is helping me shape up. At the meeting, however, I got a better idea of what LLS does: not just work for a cure, but to provide services for the families and victims of blood cancers. Particularly moving (to me, at least) is that people who are alone and despairing about their condition simply have someone at LLS who they can talk to. That alone is unbelievable therapy.
I’ll be up front. My goal is to raise $2,500 so I can participate in a half marathon in April in Nashville. I have to reach a $625 commitment by March 4 and have it all in by April 18. I am humbled and grateful by those of you who have given already. Thank you.
My fundraising page is here. My Garmin training page is here (don’t quite know if it’s public or not—I’ve tried to make it so.) I post my daily running updates through my Twitter feed. Knowing that you are watching my progress will be highly motivating.