I ran 15 miles yesterday and iced my knees afterward for almost an hour while I watched Grey's Anatomy at work.
Today, no knee pain! Although, the rest of my body hurts like crazy haha. I took some ibuprofen and am resting in bed doing homework today. Tomorrow, I think I'll just do 5 miles!
Things are looking up!
Sunday, February 21, 2010
Thursday, February 18, 2010
Mild Set Backs
I spent the last few days puking my guts out...and haven't been running at all. Today I am planning on getting in an easy 6 miles and come hell or high water, I am running 15 this weekend. I might take the advice of a fellow trainer and try the treadmill. I think 3 hours on a treadmill is going to be torture, but I'll try to charge up my ipod and download some podcasts that will be interesting. Maybe something medically relevant or a book on tape or something. That could work, yeah. It's just a little too icey/snowy out there for my comfort right now to do go try a new route. I want to wait until it warms up a bit before hitting the marathon route. I think in the next couple weeks I am going to do the 17 miler on the actual trail and test out Heartbreak Hill.
I also was informed by the trainers that I most likely have a mild case of runner's knee. Which makes sense; my knees hurt a lot right after a run and start to be a bit painful around the 8th mile or so. So I've been using the ellipticals a lot to take some of the strain off. Which means I can hook up my laptop and watch missed TV episodes of House or Dexter! Sweet.
The newest fundraising deadline is approaching--$1625 on March 15. Right now I am cruising toward $700. There are still several several people who have yet to donate. I think people are just waiting until the time is closer...which is fine. I feel so behind other people, though. And deadlines freak me out.
I'm having a big bake sale event at Rosie's on March 4th between 3pm and 5pm where 20% of the profits go toward my fundraiser. Please tell people to stop on by, grab some awesome baked goods and support the kids! I'll come back later with more information!
I also was informed by the trainers that I most likely have a mild case of runner's knee. Which makes sense; my knees hurt a lot right after a run and start to be a bit painful around the 8th mile or so. So I've been using the ellipticals a lot to take some of the strain off. Which means I can hook up my laptop and watch missed TV episodes of House or Dexter! Sweet.
The newest fundraising deadline is approaching--$1625 on March 15. Right now I am cruising toward $700. There are still several several people who have yet to donate. I think people are just waiting until the time is closer...which is fine. I feel so behind other people, though. And deadlines freak me out.
I'm having a big bake sale event at Rosie's on March 4th between 3pm and 5pm where 20% of the profits go toward my fundraiser. Please tell people to stop on by, grab some awesome baked goods and support the kids! I'll come back later with more information!
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Monday, February 8, 2010
Full Force Fundraising!
I've started my email campaign! So far I've emailed all my Wellesley professors over the last four years, my FYM group, a few friends, and have sent spam to Community and a couple class conferences. I've also asked my work supervisor (who ROCKS) to forward my message to the entire department. I've gotten almost $100 in the last two days...I need that to continue and get even better! I'm seriously going to have a party when I reach $1000. Hopefully that will happen in the next couple weeks.
GOALS:
February 20--> $1000
March 1st-->$2000
April 1st--> $3000
April 19th-->$4000 +
Yes, I admit that I am mildly freaked about the amount of money I still need to raise. What is very frustrating is that if every student here donated $5, I'd have $10,000!!
I am planning on going to Rosie's, a local bakery and asking them to hold a fundraising day where I'll get a certain percentage of the profits. Hopefully that will be beneficial! I'm going to ask next week for a day sometime in early March. I'll widely publicize that event (with proper spam and everything!) and hopefully they'll get a lot of extra business.
I'm also going to make some posters this weekend and put a few up in the campus center. Maybe I can elicit some help from a friend who used me for something similar last year haha.
If anyone has any marathon fundraising ideas that don't require much input, let me know!!
As far as training goes, I'm definitely a bit behind, but catching up quickly. The MCAT had me skipping a couple long runs, but I just ran 12 miles yesterday and this Saturday is 14!!
Tomorrow I'm doing some cross training to let my knees recover from the long run and then it's 6 miles on Wednesday come rain or shine (or blizzard!). Wish me luck!
-Elaina
GOALS:
February 20--> $1000
March 1st-->$2000
April 1st--> $3000
April 19th-->$4000 +
Yes, I admit that I am mildly freaked about the amount of money I still need to raise. What is very frustrating is that if every student here donated $5, I'd have $10,000!!
I am planning on going to Rosie's, a local bakery and asking them to hold a fundraising day where I'll get a certain percentage of the profits. Hopefully that will be beneficial! I'm going to ask next week for a day sometime in early March. I'll widely publicize that event (with proper spam and everything!) and hopefully they'll get a lot of extra business.
I'm also going to make some posters this weekend and put a few up in the campus center. Maybe I can elicit some help from a friend who used me for something similar last year haha.
If anyone has any marathon fundraising ideas that don't require much input, let me know!!
As far as training goes, I'm definitely a bit behind, but catching up quickly. The MCAT had me skipping a couple long runs, but I just ran 12 miles yesterday and this Saturday is 14!!
Tomorrow I'm doing some cross training to let my knees recover from the long run and then it's 6 miles on Wednesday come rain or shine (or blizzard!). Wish me luck!
-Elaina
Thursday, December 31, 2009
A New Year!
I thought I'd drop by to update everyone on my marathon progress.
It's cold and snowy here in Kansas right now, making those outside runs pretty difficult. I've gotten out there quite a few times and braved the cold, but I've also tried my luck at the treadmill for a couple of my runs. I'll tell ya, 8 miles on a treadmill without any entertainment is dull indeed. I stared at a wall for over an hour and tried not to cry. Haha, that sounds pretty intense.
Other than that, the roads are finally clearing up and I'm headed out for an 8 mile long run to kick off the new year tomorrow (that's to make up for my laziness and lack of running today!). I mapped out a couple Kansas runs on MapMyRun.com...a really awesome site! Here's my profile link if anyone is interested:
http://www.mapmyrun.com/user_profile?u=184125235527711276
So training is going pretty well, I'd say. I've dropped down a pants size (woot!) and can actually fit into size 4s (><). I just need to stay warm and motivated!
Financially, things are not quite as hot. I made my $500 deadline on December 15th, but I haven't made anything else since then. All I asked for for Christmas was donations, but no one seemed to like that idea I guess! Toward the end of January I'll start the campaign in full gear--until then it's MCAT studying for the big test on January 30th with a few personal letters to family and friends. I figure the months of February, March, and April can be used for those hard core solicitations of businesses and college acquaintances haha.
Well, Happy New Year!
-Elaina
It's cold and snowy here in Kansas right now, making those outside runs pretty difficult. I've gotten out there quite a few times and braved the cold, but I've also tried my luck at the treadmill for a couple of my runs. I'll tell ya, 8 miles on a treadmill without any entertainment is dull indeed. I stared at a wall for over an hour and tried not to cry. Haha, that sounds pretty intense.
Other than that, the roads are finally clearing up and I'm headed out for an 8 mile long run to kick off the new year tomorrow (that's to make up for my laziness and lack of running today!). I mapped out a couple Kansas runs on MapMyRun.com...a really awesome site! Here's my profile link if anyone is interested:
http://www.mapmyrun.com/user_profile?u=184125235527711276
So training is going pretty well, I'd say. I've dropped down a pants size (woot!) and can actually fit into size 4s (><). I just need to stay warm and motivated!
Financially, things are not quite as hot. I made my $500 deadline on December 15th, but I haven't made anything else since then. All I asked for for Christmas was donations, but no one seemed to like that idea I guess! Toward the end of January I'll start the campaign in full gear--until then it's MCAT studying for the big test on January 30th with a few personal letters to family and friends. I figure the months of February, March, and April can be used for those hard core solicitations of businesses and college acquaintances haha.
Well, Happy New Year!
-Elaina
Friday, November 20, 2009
Two Mile Stones!
I've reached a new level in my training (or rather, pre-training, since I don't really officially start the scheduled training until December 14th). I have been working my way up the milage, wanting to be comfortable with 7 or 8 miles come mid December. Once a week for the last four weeks I've ran a 6 miler. Every time I finished I would be exhausted, with knee pain, and a lot of upper leg muscle soreness.
This week, however, I reached a...mile stone as it were. I had the brilliant idea that instead of trying to run 6 miles once a week, maybe I should do it more often than that. So I ran 6 miles in 1:02:23 on Sunday. Then I ran a quality 3 miles in 0:28:00 on Tuesday. Then, while still sore I decided to run another 6 miles yesterday (Thursday). In the past I would wait until I felt normal again. I think this meant that I never really improved my muscle strength! So instead of waiting for the soreness to go away, I got out there on Thursday and with my running partner extraordinaire, Kristen, we ran 6 miles in 0:59:25! I think we felt pretty hardcore about it!
So training is going well. I would say that I am definitely comfortable at 6 miles at this point as I am feeling fine today, no muscle or knee pain at all. Yay!
The fundraising is going well, too! I'm starting to get a little nervous as our first $500 deadline is Decmeber 15th, but I thinking that people are starting to get a little more interested since it's becoming something people bring up with me in conversation. I have $85 on the website now, and a check from my grandmother for $20 in my room, so I've offically broken the $100 barrier! Another mile stone! Yay!
Just $400 to go in the next month and then after the hollidays, the major fundraising starts. $4000!!! Here we come!!
~Elaina
This week, however, I reached a...mile stone as it were. I had the brilliant idea that instead of trying to run 6 miles once a week, maybe I should do it more often than that. So I ran 6 miles in 1:02:23 on Sunday. Then I ran a quality 3 miles in 0:28:00 on Tuesday. Then, while still sore I decided to run another 6 miles yesterday (Thursday). In the past I would wait until I felt normal again. I think this meant that I never really improved my muscle strength! So instead of waiting for the soreness to go away, I got out there on Thursday and with my running partner extraordinaire, Kristen, we ran 6 miles in 0:59:25! I think we felt pretty hardcore about it!
So training is going well. I would say that I am definitely comfortable at 6 miles at this point as I am feeling fine today, no muscle or knee pain at all. Yay!
The fundraising is going well, too! I'm starting to get a little nervous as our first $500 deadline is Decmeber 15th, but I thinking that people are starting to get a little more interested since it's becoming something people bring up with me in conversation. I have $85 on the website now, and a check from my grandmother for $20 in my room, so I've offically broken the $100 barrier! Another mile stone! Yay!
Just $400 to go in the next month and then after the hollidays, the major fundraising starts. $4000!!! Here we come!!
~Elaina
Thursday, November 5, 2009
Well It's Official!
Support Elaina's Boston Marathon Run!
I have created a facebook group dedicated to supporting my run with the Miles for Miracles Team Boston!
I also received a giant package in the mail from the Team full of fundraising tips, envelopes for checks, and all sorts of colorful thank you cards and flier stuff. It was awesome! I can't wait to get the information for my patient partner!
Since November has arrived, the pre-training training has begun. I ran my first long run on Tuesday--6 miles in one hour and three minutes. I am definitely not a fast runner haha.
The first exciting event happened on a run--I saw a snake! We were running along and suddenly what I thought was a stick started to wiggle! I'm pretty sure I shrieked/jumped/ran a bit faster for a couple minutes (maybe I'll use snakes to encourage better pacing!)
So check out the facebook site and keep checking this blog for updates. I'll be working on personalized letters and emails in the next couple weeks.
Please support me in my run and donate to my fundraising efforts!
Elaina
I have created a facebook group dedicated to supporting my run with the Miles for Miracles Team Boston!
I also received a giant package in the mail from the Team full of fundraising tips, envelopes for checks, and all sorts of colorful thank you cards and flier stuff. It was awesome! I can't wait to get the information for my patient partner!
Since November has arrived, the pre-training training has begun. I ran my first long run on Tuesday--6 miles in one hour and three minutes. I am definitely not a fast runner haha.
The first exciting event happened on a run--I saw a snake! We were running along and suddenly what I thought was a stick started to wiggle! I'm pretty sure I shrieked/jumped/ran a bit faster for a couple minutes (maybe I'll use snakes to encourage better pacing!)
So check out the facebook site and keep checking this blog for updates. I'll be working on personalized letters and emails in the next couple weeks.
Please support me in my run and donate to my fundraising efforts!
Elaina
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