In sickness for health

So my wonderful hubby gave me his wonderful cold. I can get myself revved up for about 2 hours and then I crash. Today I'm a sad lump sitting on the sofa, trying to get myself motivated to clean the house as my mom is arriving in two days!

As far as my training goes, I made it as far as driving to the gym to do my cross training yesterday. I figured I could sit on a bike for a while at least. But alas, the parking was full and I was not motivated enough to look (and pay) for street parking. So that was a bust. And today, while I'm not feeling much better I know I need to get out there. So I will, even though the weather is wet & cold & rainy. It's only 35 minutes. I can do 35 minutes.

Training & Fundraising update!

Thanks to all of you so far for your generous donations. To date I'm 30% of the way toward my personal goal. Yeehaw!

I've set a new deadline for myself - I want to be at 75% of my fund raising goal by Thursday, March 24th. And with your help, I know it can be done! Here is how the math breaks down:

• 75% of $3000 = $2250
• $2250 - $895 = $1355
• $1355/$25 = 54.2

If I can get 55 people to click HERE and donate $25 to my fund right now, I'll be sitting pretty!

So to entice you to donate I've got a special deal - hand knitted goods! I'll be giving away three knitted dishcloths between now and St. Patty's day. You can win in one of three categories:

• First person to donate after I post this update
• Person to donate the highest dollar amount between now and March 17th
• Person who makes the wittiest and/or most supportive comment when making their online donation

Just think, one of those winners could be you! I hope it will be!

Training has been going well. There have been some "challenges" (runner lingo for HILLS) and I've been learning a lot about shin splints (unfortunately the hard way) but I am so honored to be a part of this group. I had the privilege of meeting some of our team honorees last weekend at a brunch and they are amazing an inspirational. Some are in remission from Leukemia or Lymphoma and some are currently undergoing treatment. I think that the magnitude of the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society really hit home for me when I learned that two of the honorees are taking a medication developed by the money raised by the LLS. Talk about a direct effect of effort and fund raising for the cause - it blows my mind!

So please take a moment to donate now so that we can continue to help the LLS develop new treatments and save lives!

And for your viewing pleasure, a couple of pictures from last weekend's run!

Love - Myla

Here you can see me on the left trudging up yet another hill!

And this is the glorious rest/refuel station. I was so glad to see it!

I couldn't ask for a better setting to wheeze and trudge my way through. This kind of view makes up for most/all the pain!