To date, I’ve raised $1,505 (only $1,000 more to go to reach my minimum), ran 12 miles (14.2 more to go to reach my 26.2 goal) and 49 days of training done with 64 days remaining until the marathon in Napa. My Chevy’s event raising around $500 (that means people spent about $2000 on food. Fabulous!).
Alec and I are having a party in January to celebrate my birthday and as a fundraiser complete with door prizes.

We haven’t been without some injuries. Alec is working on his knee with Physical Therapy and I’ve seen the improvements of my PT with my adductors. They would hurt partially during a run and hurt a hell of a lot after (to the point it hurt to walk). With two sessions and plenty of exercises, I’m doing much better.

It’s been a good time and I’m looking forward to more runs. The Facebook group gets more updates with photos and small updates, join to keep up to date.

-Corinne

Happy to be here.

How it started

I originally signed up for the Napa Valley 2010 marathon with Team In Training to get in better health and have the proper training I knew I could get from TnT. What I didn’t realize is how many people would open up to me about their own stories about living with cancer and their own remissions.

Team In Training’s Role

Team In Training not only helps athletes train for their selected sport, in my case a 26.2 mile run, they also raise funds to help find a cure for leukemia, lymphoma, Hodgkin lymphoma and myeloma.

Where you come in

In trade for TnT’s fine coaches and mentors, I’m given the task to help fund-raise for the cause. My minimum goal is $2,500. What I don’t reach through donations, I’ll be writing tax-free donation check from myself. I know people aren’t exactly flush right now for cash, so whatever you can donate I will appreciate. Also, if you have stories of your own, please share them with me here. You will continue to be my inspiration over the next few months while I increase my daily mileage from 3 miles up to eventually 26.

I also believe in sharing the love where I can. So for donations I’m offering two services:

1. Chair massages. I’m a certified massage therapist. I can come by your business if you are local (Silicon Valley) and give chair massages for donations.

2. 1 on 1 consulting. I’m also a Web Presence Strategist. For 30 minutes I can help you with Facebook (privacy, profiles, you name it), LinkedIn (optimizing your profile for potential employers), Twitter (a how-to and get you started) and a variety of other Social Media platforms. Or I can work with you on creating a strategy for your business to help you get more clients and understand your customer’s needs. All for a donation of your own choosing.

My  job for the next 17 weeks

Not only will I be increasing my training time and distance per week, I’ll continue to post updates on how the training and fund raising is going. I’ll put some updates on the Team In Training site, but for more regular updates, please continue to follow this blog. Or sign up to follow me on Twitter or become a fan on my Facebook page.  So many options!

Lots of love and thank you for all your support!

Corinne