Wednesday, December 30, 2009

Keep Your Beer Cold and Cure Cancer!!

Well, it has been almost a month since my last post. My training is going well. I completed a 7-mile run on Sunday while visiting my sister in Massachusetts. It was misty, wet from lots of snow melt but warm. I felt good, finished strong and felt like I could keep on going.

As for fundraising, I am now just about a quarter of the way to the goal of $10,000. Many thanks to everyone who has donated so far, your donations and support are greatly appreciated.

Getting together with family for Christmas was great and gave me a chance to get together with my all-star fundraising team. We worked out the details for a t-shirt, finalized some details for the party on January 30th and picked up the great koozies that Karen had made....I would refer to them as irreverent yet eloquent. We are selling the koozies for $5 and all proceeds go to Dana Farber and to the fundraising goal. It's a no-brainer....$5 to keep your beer cold and cure cancer!!

The koozie works well for both bottles and cans (I researched this personally). They are available in grey (grey ribbon for lung cancer) and pink (pink ribbon for breast cancer). If you interested in a koozie, send me an email (thenaghen@gmail.com) and we'll figure how to get them to you.

I will try not to go so long until my next post. Happy and safe New Year to all. I hope to see you at the party on January 30th.

Wednesday, December 2, 2009

Back on Track and Ready to Roll!

Well, after a week on the Arc Trainer and plenty of stretching, my knee is feeling good and in the last week I have logged runs 4, 4.25 and 4.5 miles with no problems. My actual marathon training program doesn't start until December 14th when I will start ramping up my long run by about a mile each week but I have a pretty good base to start from and I am feeling confident and excited.

I have some fundraising letters ready to send out and recently sent out my first fundraising email and the donations are starting to come in, thanks to Jim L., Matt M., Matt C., Nancy G. and Terri S., I appreciate your generous support.