Thanks for visiting my first blog! I have thought about blogging in the past, but never got around to setting anything up. Chalk it up to fear; fear that it would be too consuming and that no one would want to read what I had to write anyway.
My participation in Team AllEars 2012 (TAE) has spurred me to begin a blog so that my supporters will be able to view my progress in training for the Walt Disney World Half Marathon (which I am still trying to visualize completing) and raising money for the Avon Walk for Breast Cancer with TAE!
Let me tell you a little bit about why I am participating in TAE and why I have decided to run (at this point it is a slow jog, but that is semantics) the Walt Disney World Half Marathon and the Family and Friends 5k. In January 2011, my husband and I participated in the Buzz and Woody Best Friends 5k in Walt Disney World, which also happens to be one of our favorite vacation spots! We decided to leave the kids at home as this was our first time participating in WDW Marathon Weekend activities and we had no idea what to expect that weekend. I have to admit that I was nervous about being able to finish a 5k with zero training, but we did so in a reasonable time....though we can do better :). While down in Disney World that weekend, I remember looking around at the participants in the various races (5k, Half Marathon and Full Marathon) and seeing those of all fitness levels and ages. On more than one occasion I thought that if people you would not expect to be participating in the Half Marathon and/or the Marathon were doing so, why couldn't I? The seed was planted for my participation in the Half Marathon at WDW in January 2012. As we made the long walk to the starting corral for the 5k, I remember seeing several TAE members, including Deb Wills (25 yr breast cancer survivor, Honorary TAE Captain and founder/webmaster of http://www.allears.net/). While waiting for the start in the masses there were several TAE members right next to us. When I saw them, I remembered reading about TAE on http://www.allears.net/ and then decided that I would join TAE 2012 when registration opened. Once the 2012 Walt Disney World Marathon Weekend Registration opened, I also checked about TAE registration and decided to join! TAE 2011 raised over $50k for Deb's walk...I hope with 99 people we can easily exceed that this year!
TAE 2012 is a group of 99 Disney fanatics from across the U.S., Mexico and Canada, who are united by our love for Disney, desire to move toward a healthier way of living, have been touched in some way by cancer and want to do our part to help end breast cancer! Each team member has committed to raising at least $500 toward Deb Wills' participation in the Avon Walk for Breast Cancer (see the link to her Avon page on the home page to this blog) in addition to participating in at least one of the races during the Walt Disney World Marathon Weekend. Some are participating in one race and some are participating in the 5k, the Half and the Full Marathon (affectionately known as the Dopey).
My goal is to reach at least $1,000 in donations. I have about 6 months to rally the troops to help me reach (and perhaps even exceed) my goal. In my next blog entry, I will give greater detail about how you can help!
Thanks for hanging on until the end of this long entry!
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