Sarah's Team in Training

I had to laugh when I logged in to post and saw that Flash beat me to it. As he talked about, we are both participating in Team in Training (TNT). Well, he already gave you the background info so I will just be a selfish and talk about myself.

I'm 100% terrified that I won't be able to do both of these events:

El Tour de Tusan:
With this being 100 miles, I honestly might not finish the entire course, but I will do my very best with training and I will ride as far as I can.
I have biked over 10 miles before and participated in the Cow Creek Classic, but the thought of doing 109 miles is down right scary. Most of you know that I am not very physically fit.

White Rock Half Marathon:
I'm only running a half. I admire Flash for his strong desire to run the full.
The last time I ran a full mile was in JR High. Can you believe that?!? That was a long time ago. I'm starting off slow and hopefully before I know it I will be able to run a mile and maybe even the entire 13+ for the half.

You can see my Websites by clicking on the title of the event you wish to see. If you have any questions, donations or words of encouragement, please let me know! (Especially the encouragements, I will need it) :)

Team in Training

Yesterday Sarah and I went to sign up for Team in Training, which for those of you who do not know is an organization that raises money for the leukemia and lymphoma societies across the United States. Through running, cycling, and triathlon events, participants use these venues to train and at the same time raise money for research, testing, and treatment for these life changing illnesses.

I shall let Sarah talk about what she is doing, but I am running in the WhiteRock Marathon (yes the full 26.2 miles), on December 14th, 2008 and the El Tour de Tucson century ride on November the 22nd. These two events will be challenging in there own right, but the rewards that will come from it will make every training event worth going to and every benchmark something to strive for.

Team in Training has provided us websites so that we can put up pictures and chart our progress both training and fund raising/donation wise.

My goal is to finish both events and to raise at least $6000, so that a life might be bettered by my decision to participate in Team in Training. Any donation, even a $1, will be appreciated from the bottom of my heart. Please let everyone you know what we are doing so that we can be a small part in helping to find a cure for leukemia and lymphoma. I look forward to keeping everyone updated as we go along.

Thanks!

Gordon


Our website addresses:

http://pages.teamintraining.org/ntx/Whiterck08/gbolton
http://pages.teamintraining.org/ntx/tucson08/gbolton

http://pages.teamintraining.org/ntx/Whiterck08/SarahKathryn
http://pages.teamintraining.org/ntx/tucson08/SarahKathryn

Birthdays...What are they for?

As some of you know, I HATE my birthday. To just give you two to the things that went wrong...My computer crashed. Yes, I know what you are thinking..."it's a mac...what do you mean it crashed?" My harddrive failed. I was able to salvage some of it today...like the wedding invites I designed :) Also, when I was getting ready to go home, I happened to lock my keys in one of the rooms I work in. When the UNT cop finally showed up, he had to "verify" I had authorization to the room. The dispatcher kept trying to tell him to just let me in. After he argued with the dispatcher, he finally let me in to get my keys. Gordon helped make my day better. We went out to Olive Garden (aka Soy Garden) for dinner after institute. Diana and my mom decorated my car as will while I was at institute. Nancy and Marques took me out to lunch today as well. Marques also is the one that has been helping me with my computer. I'm hopping that tomorrow Mike and I can drive into Plano to go to the Apple Store.