And to these fabulous individuals who also donated items:
Pete G.
Karen A.
Noreen H.
Thursday, November 1, 2012
Great Businesses
So you've heard about the half marathon I'm training for, right? Oh yes, I may have mentioned one or two gazillion times. However, in case you're new to the blog I'm running the strip at night for the Rock 'n Roll Half Marathon in Las Vegas with Team Challenge. Not only do I get some fabulous coaching and mentors for the race but I am also raising money for the Crohn's and Colitis Foundation of America (a cause very near and dear to my heart). We decided to host a fundraiser dinner and we were lucky enough to have an award winning BBQ chef prepare pulled pork and brisket for our guests. The party was fun but it would not have been nearly as successful without a whole lot of local businesses and fabulous people that donated items for the silent auction. I hope if you're a local reader that you will consider patronizing these businesses.
Parties and races...
Saturday night we held a fundraiser for my half marathon fundraising campaign. Between weigh-in on Tuesday and Saturday I just kept thinking - eat clean because Saturday probably won't be on plan. I did just that - I got in all my good health guidelines, worked out every day and chose fruits and vegetables instead of sweet treats. When Saturday afternoon rolled around and it was time to set up the buffet of food I let myself eat - not to the point of eating so much that I wanted to unbutton my pants but I had a little bit of everything and it was all delicious! We'd had the pulled pork and brisket prepared by an award winning BBQ chef and it was amazingly delicious. Either the working out or the clean eating worked because weigh-in went well on Tuesday! *yeah*
This of course brings us to this Sunday when I'll run the Hot Chocolate 15K in Chicago. This will be the furthest distance I've ever run and I am really terribly excited and a little nervous. We are using it as a training run for the distance but our coaches also wanted to make sure that everyone had the opportunity to race before we head to Vegas. It should be fun because a bunch of my teammates and coaches are running and some friends are running/walking the other various races. Plus, Dan is coming to take pictures which always makes a race nice when you get to see friendly faces along the course.
Did you survive Halloween? What'd you do to get through the seemingly endless bowl of candy? What do you look forward to for a race?
This of course brings us to this Sunday when I'll run the Hot Chocolate 15K in Chicago. This will be the furthest distance I've ever run and I am really terribly excited and a little nervous. We are using it as a training run for the distance but our coaches also wanted to make sure that everyone had the opportunity to race before we head to Vegas. It should be fun because a bunch of my teammates and coaches are running and some friends are running/walking the other various races. Plus, Dan is coming to take pictures which always makes a race nice when you get to see friendly faces along the course.
Did you survive Halloween? What'd you do to get through the seemingly endless bowl of candy? What do you look forward to for a race?
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