T-4 days until the fundraiser!!!

Wow, I can't believe my fundraiser is THIS FRIDAY, 8/20, 6-9PM at the Greatest Bar. And the marathon itself is only 1 month away! Crazy!

I hope you are all planning to make it to my event this week. It should be a great time, with lots of awesome raffle and silent auction prizes!

Great run!

After my tough 16 miler last weekend, I was looking forward to my 12 miler this weekend (both because of the shorter distance and I wanted a good long run!). After an amazing bachelorette party on Friday night and an awesome engagement party for my triathlon buddies on Saturday, I definitely had to mentally pump myself up to get out there on Sunday and run - but I did, and it went great. I took it a little slower than I usually do, but go to the end of the 12 miles with both my mind and legs feeling good!

Tough days can be a good thing...

I did my longest run to date on Sunday, 8/8 – 16.4 miles. It was a tough day for me, both mentally and physically. I felt a bit sick to my stomach during the begining of the run, and then just got tired really quickly. Luckily, I managed to keep myself motivated despite those two factors and finished the run. I definitely had to incorporate a little more walking than normal, but I’m happy I made it through.

One thing my coach told me today that helped: He said to look at this tough day as a good thing. The majority of my long runs have gone quite well, and I haven’t had many days where I’ve really struggled before today. He said it was better to have an off day now and know that you can power through and conquer it during training, than to possibly get to the marathon and have an off day and get super frustrated or potentially give up. This way, if for some reason I get to my event feeling less than 100%, I know I can still do it!! Good lesson learned.

Thank yous

Thank you to Laurie Herschman, Susan Harvey, and Dwight Dewsnap for their recent donations to my marathon fundraising page!

Thank you to the Boston Bruins, TSNY, and Wachusett for their recent donations for raffle/auction items for my fundraising event! Make sure you're there on August 20th at 6PM at The Greatest Bar for your chance to win these awesome prizes!

Proud of my longest run!

Hi all! I did my longest run to date on this past Saturday - 14 miles. I ran from One Beacon Street in downtown Boston all the way down Beacon until past BC, and then back! It was exhausting but felt good and I kept a great pace the entire way. It was nice to have my coach there encouraging me along the way - he is awesome! I've been adding a little more cross training in recently to break up the running - some swims with my triathlon team on Tuesdays and I went to Zumba this past Monday. Fun!

Sorry I've been MIA - lots of news!

An official apology for being so MIA lately - it has been a crazy few weeks! We have been starting a new farmers market project at work this year which is also serving as my practicum for grad school, so I've been a lot busier this summer. Plus, I'm getting ready to move on Sunday - lots to do!

Fundraising news...

Some great news - I'm officially at 30% of my fundraising goal for my marathon! But, this still means I have 70% of my goal to meet in less than 2 months. Please consider making a donation at http://ttes.maui2010.kintera.org/chrissycarroll or attending my fundraiser on August 20th, 2010 to help me raise the remaining $3,425.

Special thanks to Uncle John and Aunt Mug, Ms. Libsch, Donna Harman, Mary Lou Rocher, and Brian LaSusa for their recent donations to my marathon fundraising page!!

And more thank yous to BU Fit Rec, the Boston Red Sox, Spirit Airlines, and TGI Fridays for their donations to the fundraiser raffle/silent auction.

Training news...

Training is going well. I've had some frustrating days since the half marathon, but had a really good 12 mile run last weekend throughout Boston. Ran from downtown all the way out to the reservoir and back!

Other updates...

Unfortunately, a lot of other people who were originally supposed to be on the Maui team have dropped out. This leaves just me and Justine as the sole reps for Train to End Stroke at the Maui marathon! We unfortunately won't have the support our coach or volunteers on the day of (they can't fly everyone down there just for 2 people - understandable) - but we still will receive all their support up until that day!

More pics from the half!

Me, Brooke, and Lisa with our finishers medals!

3 coworkers with Lisa's son Brenton!

Oh my gosh...I did a half marathon!

I finished my first ever half marathon on Sunday, June 27th at the Inaugural 13.1 Boston! My coworkers Brooke and Lisa and my good friend Justine all completed it with me. I finished in 2:41, which was better than my initial time goal of 3 hours - so I was pumped! It's kind of crazy to think that my full marathon is only 2 1/2 months away!

Apparently, mile 10 = miniature baby running steps.

Finish Line!!!


PS - For those of you who are thinking "Is she wearing 1990s style headphones?"

...The answer is yes.