the 42.195km road: Day 48

Saturday, January 15, 2011

Day 48

I had 12.68km left to reach my weekly mileage - so I broke it down to two runs. A 7.48km run early afternoon and another 5.2km run late evening. I had to really will myself to do the second run - I could have easily rationalized that I should rest in advance of my "quality" run tomorrow.

I also used up my Running Room gift card that I got at Christmas. I bought myself a "fuel belt" - four mini water bottles that you wrap around your waist. The one larger bottle version that I have kept flying out of the holster if there was too much liquid in it.

The stats below include last Sunday - because I switched the start of the week from a Monday to the Sunday both totals for Week 6 and Week 7 include the same Sunday.

Week 7
8 runs
68.0km
6 hours 51 minutes

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UnknownJanuary 17, 2011 at 9:56 AM
Hey Colin! Would love to chat with you. Thanks so much for supporting The Credit Valley Hospital Foundation.
Bianca Freedman
Conmmunications Coordinator
CVHF
bfreedman@cvh.on.ca
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Hello all!

So! I’ve signed up to run the Mississauga Marathon in May 2011 – my first ever attempt at 42km. Although one of my goals is to just finish the marathon, I have other loftier goals. When I cross the finish line I want to feel like I've pushed myself as far as my body will allow me to go.

Although this may sound strange, my motivation for my first marathon is all of you – and a lot of others who aren’t on this e-mail list.

Over the past few years I’ve come to realise that although there are a lot of good times, sometimes the tough times can be overwhelming. During a conversation with my mom a few days before she died, she told me “There are a lot of other people who have it a lot worse than us.”

Over the past few months alone I know of 5 separate cases of people who are going through tough times because of Cancer or the threat of Cancer. But there are even others who are dealing with other health issues, family problems, battling loneliness, etc.

I felt that running a marathon only for myself, or dedicating it to one person would not be as productive as running for all my friends and family – those that are going through tough times now and those that may have the misfortune of having tough times ahead. I’d like this run to be a positive experience for everyone who’d like it to be.

I’m hoping you’ll support me – and you can show your support in a couple of ways. I’ve started a blog that is chronicling my training as I prepare for the marathon so I’d love it if you would join and check in on my progress over the next 22 weeks.

Also - if you’re willing, I’d like you to show your support by pledging. My charity of choice is the Credit Valley Hospital Foundation. It’s where my dad spent a lot of hours and where my mom spent her final few hours – the doctors, nurses were always helpful, sincere, respectful, etc. and I really have nothing but positive thoughts on how we were treated at Credit Valley.

However – there are several different charities linked to the Mississauga Marathon that you can support and I encourage you to support any that speaks to you more than another. I have no intention of making this an annual request, and because I want this to mean more than just “raising money” – I’ll put down $200 of my own money once I hit $400 of pledges (by people not related to me). If I’m asking you to donate, I should be expected to as well.

Thanks!

Colin

the 42.195km road

Saturday, January 15, 2011

Day 48

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