Fundraising Update: Last Week!

This is the last week I'm going to be begging you for money towards my half-marathon fundraising! Here's a quick video update and last plea:

If you were hoping to be randomly chosen for the bracelet giveaway, I notified winners early this morning (Sunday), so check your email.

I am completely overwhelmed with the support – it's come from those I know and those I don't, and from all over the world (literally: US, Canada, the Netherlands, Australia, India, United Kingdom, Ireland, and more!) We only have a couple hundred more dollars to go for fundraising, so please help spread the word and help me push past my $2,500 goal!

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It's been a long road training for this. I wanted to share with you some photos of my training, taken by my friends at Rideout Photography:

This half marathon training has been kind of bonkers. I've run the gamut of emotions and physical pain. When I took the adventure on, it was rooted in the sentimental without much thought to practicality.

I spent my 20's with my weight literally going up and down hundreds of pounds. I wanted to enter my 30's in April with something to show for all my work, and as a way to help heal those feelings that I didn't do enough to help my mom when she was rapidly deteriorating with Parkinson's Disease. This half marathon fit the bill. Gave me a reason to raise money to help others with Parkinson's, and a way to feel physically accomplished days before my 30th birthday. It felt serendipitous that it fell on the anniversary of my mom's death.

I've got 1 more week to push away my self doubt, and to continue working on mental and physical toughness. I'm not a runner. I am walking this half. There might be a wee-bit of jogging. I need to tell  myself that it is okay. That 13.1 miles is still 13.1 miles no matter what the final time is.

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Thank you for your emotional and monetary support. Words can't express my gratitude.