Two Weeks

I have raised over $3000 and I will be running a marathon in just over two weeks.

I may be freaking out a little over here.

Jes

Sometimes it's the little things.........like snails.

There are a great many things one would expect to see on a long run in Vaughn, Ontario.
Folks walking dogs, a couple sipping coffee on the patio at Starbucks and of course traffic but one does not usually expect to find snails on the sidewalk. Yep, that's what I said snails on the sidewalk.
I was about 3km into a 14km LSD on Saturday and as I was marveling to myself how wonderful it is to see the beauty of a river valley juxtaposed on the backdrop of a subdivision when I happened to look down and notice what I thought was a rock only to realize that the round rock I thought I was seeing actually had a tail end and little eyeball attenae at the other!  It literally stopped me dead in my tracks and caused me to laugh out loud.  I couldn't help but grasp the irony of the fact that I was running among something noted for being slow.  In that moment, as I stood there over my shelled speed bump, I realized that even though I was out there to get my milage done-probably too quickly- and had a dozen other things to do that morning, that it was time to get back to why I love running. To breathe, to bid the daily stresses of life good-bye and to take a look around as I run and take in all that the road has to offer me. Of all the things I thought I would be thankful for in running, I never expected it to be a snail.

Here's to slowing down and taking in the little things.


D

Donations Welcome!

So, here's the crux of it all.

We each need to raise $3000, to participate in the Montreal Rock n Roll Marathon with Team In Training.  This is totally doable - with YOUR help.  So, please visit our fundraising pages and send us a donation!

Its that easy. 

If you aren't comfortable with donating online, please don't hesitate to contact us.  We will be happy to work something out with you.

Jessica's Fundraising Page

Denise's Fundraising Page

If you donate by giving us a donation personally, or through our fundraising page, you get a tax receipt.  So many positives to that:

1) You support a great cause
2) You pay less taxes
3) We run a marathon and feel good about it
4) Prime Minister Stephen Harper gets less of your hard earned money. Woot!!

However!  This is NOT the only way to donate.

Indeed, we will be having a few fundraising events throughout our FUNdraising period.  As you can tell from the very subtle title, these events will be FUN, FUN, FUN!

So keep visiting our site.  We will try to post at least once a week.

Remember, we couldnt't have come as far in our running as we have without your support, and we definitely need it now!

Thanks!

Denise and Jessica