Friday, September 13, 2013

Friday the 13th!

Happy Friday the 13th!

The weather in Boston is apropos for the day.

I have once again been a slacker with my blog. I can offer up all of the standard excuses: fall sports, school starting up again, work, blah blah blah, but I know I am not the only one out there who is dealing with these things, so I have no additional excuses for you all.

I am trying to gear up for a busy fall race and fundraising season. I was very lucky to be able to gain entry into the 2014 Boston Marathon as one of the runners who was unable to finish the 2013 Boston Marathon due to the tragic events of the day. Along the way I have a ton of races to keep me on the right track with training. In addition to my training and races this Fall and Winter, I am also organizing a couple of pretty great fundraising events.

The first is to benefit Team AllEars and the Avon Foundation. On Friday, October 25th, I am holding the Laugh Away Cancer Comedy Night at the Lots of Laughs Comedy Lounge (@China Blossom)on Osgood Street (Route 125) in North Andover, MA. Doors open at 7pm and the tickets are on sale through the link on the home page of this blog or you may send a check made payable to Heather Melito-Dezan to 41 Park Ave, Salem NH 03079. We will have 3 comics, door prizes, 50/50 raffle, prize raffles and a sports memorabilia auction. The full China Blossom menu is available for purchase in the Comedy Lounge.

The second event that I am organizing is the Boo! to Cancer Virtual 5k Run/Walk to benefit Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. If you are unfamiliar with virtual races, they are the most recent craze in bling collection. You register and then on your own, you run, walk, hop, skip or jump the 5k distance and send me an email that you have completed the distance...and then I send you the bling!!!!! I have a great medal designed and they shipment should be coming in mid-October. The cost is $25 for the race and if I reach at least 100 registered participants, I will throw in a t-shirt to each participant! You can see the facebook event page for all the information or if you are ready to register right now, click on the paypal link on my blog homepage. If you would prefer to pay by check, you can make the check payable to Heather Melito-Dezan and mail to 41 Park Ave, Salem NH 03079.

This weekend I will be participating in the Half Way to St. Patrick's Day 5k in Manchester, NH with my husband and kids. My son and husband will probably finish well ahead of my daughter and me since she is only 5 and tends to want to walk or completely stop. We will have our kilts on :)

Gear talk... I have been using this new running accessory to hold my keys, inhaler, chapstick, tissues and phone while I run. Sometimes a traditional running belt bothers me so I gave the running buddy a try. Today through Sunday, buy 2 running buddies and get 25% off AND free shipping. Check it out at www.therunningbuddy.com.

I am still trying to figure out the best water bottle system to use....stay tuned.