Day 58
Started from the beginning:
5 minutes walking
1 minute jogging/1 minute walking x 6
5 minutes walking
Total time: 22 minutes
Total mileage: 1.13 miles
I’ve taken a bunch of time off, and I’m still in the process of getting my legs looked at, so I figured I’d start easy when I started again. Wasn’t a tough workout at all, although my lungs aren’t used to the cold yet, and I did have some minor twinges in my left knee and calf in the usual spots. We’ll see how I feel tomorrow, and proceed on Wednesday, in all likelihood. Good to be out there, though. Missed my park.
November 17th, 2008 at 7:01 pm
I’ll be interested to read about your progress. I’ve become rather a fan of yours.
Best,
Deb
November 17th, 2008 at 8:51 pm
Thanks, Deb. I’ll keep you posted. I may drop you a line soon and ask some questions about running NYC for charity as well (I’m not sure if you ran for a specific, approved charity or did it just to do it, but I’m looking into the former), if you don’t mind.
November 17th, 2008 at 9:24 pm
I ran just to do it, so I’m not much help there. I found this: http://running.about.com/od/charityrunninggroups/Charity_Running_Training_Groups.htm, and you might be inspired by this: http://www.2175forals.com/home. My coworkers put together a race in my honor and raised over $10,000 for the ALS Association:http://www.racefordebbie.org/. Many times if you pick a charity you can call their development director who can set up a donation link for you. With the traffic I’m sure your website gets, there’d be lots of visibility.
Please feel free to drop a line anytime. I admire your commitment.
Deb
November 18th, 2008 at 1:58 pm
Back and rocking!
November 19th, 2008 at 2:58 pm
Deb,
Right back atcha on the commitment thing.
As far as “selling” your average charity on a donation link and whatnot, I could be wrong, but I don’t anticipate smooth sailing in a lot of cases because of the preconceptions people would get from the site’s name (and that’s before they even get a chance to be offended by the content, which, admittedly, isn’t as offensive as it used to be; I should work on that…). We shall see, though. I’ve got my people looking into some things. I’m not sure if you’ve made your way to Help George Tabb or “Ordinary People Change The World, but I’ve been talking to both George and Brad Meltzer for a while now, and I’m gonna try and swing something with them. I wouldn’t mind running for an ALS-related charity, either in addition to what I’d be doing with the other folks or as an option if my hopes of helping George (either with or without Brad) don’t work out. I do tend to try and keep things close to home, though…I’m still fairly suspicious of larger organized charities for all the reasons you’d expect. Generally, if there’s too much bureaucracy involved for me to be able to actually see tangible results from my efforts, I keep my distance. Some folks groan at me for this, but hey, none of my blood sat in a locker and went bad after the 9/11 blood drive fiasco…
But back to less cynical trains of thought: I’m open to doing some things, and am reviewing the possibilities (in a somewhat hurried manner, alas, as the marathon’s submission deadline for charities is 11/30) with the folks around me.
November 19th, 2008 at 3:15 pm
Stephen,
Yep, back to work for me.
November 19th, 2008 at 5:26 pm
Hi Scott,
I visited the sites you mentioned. Poor George. Talk about a fighter. I also love the starfish story on the Ordinary People site. Whichever cause you decide to support, they’ll be lucky to have you as their advocate!
Keep up the good work, runner.
Deb
November 19th, 2008 at 9:12 pm
George is one of the best people I know. His books are both terrific, too, well worth a read. I’m not sure I’ll be able to go with his cause as an official charity, as they’re still early on in the setup process there, but I may be able to tie it in with something else I’m doing. Either way, he’ll be in my thoughts on marathon day.
As far as helping out goes, I’ll do my best, like the girl in that story. That’s all any of us can do. I think I learned that in the Cub Scouts, before they threw me out for eating a Brownie.
-S