My Fundraising Page

Racing to Save Lives

Welcome to my Team In Training home page!

I'm training to participate in The Nation's Triathlon as a member of The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society's (LLS) Team In Training. All of us on Team In Training are raising funds to help stop leukemia, lymphoma, Hodgkin lymphoma and myeloma from taking more lives. I am completing this event in honor of all individuals who are battling blood cancers. These people are the real heroes on our team, and we need your support to cross the ultimate finish line - a cure!

Please make a donation to support my participation in Team In Training and help advance LLS's mission.

I hope you will visit my web site often. Be sure to check back frequently to see my progress. Or check into my blog to catch the play by play of training. I'll post some of those entries here too.

Thanks for your support!

-Michelle

5/18/09

Week 2 of Training, Fundraising.

Last week was a blast, and I attended my first two Team In Training Group Sessions where we ran 30 minute Out and Backs (OABs). Wedenesday's run was ok - The IT band was a little tight, but I pushed myself to keep going, loosened up, and felt that I finished strong. Then Saturday's run was GREAT! And by great I mean it was POURING rain, and it felt incredible to be running with the group again. I have so many great memories from last summer/fall, and they all seem to come flooding back whenever I'm in the park with the team.

As for swimming, I continued with two swims, one on my own, and one with a private instructor. While the first few solo swim sessions were more about technique, now I'm learning how to SLOW DOWN. It was key in endurance running, and now I need to wrap my mind around relaxing, and slowing down my strokes that I can practice the technique I've learned, and not run out of steam.

Finally, I bought a bike on Friday (which arrives on Wedneday), and I'm looking forward to biking outdoors since I'm not really sure how biking indoors measures up. I'm sure it's helping, but I want to get acclimated to riding a bike again (and in NYC!).

This week's training schedule looks fairly similar to last week's schedule, except I'll be swimming on Friday, and biking on Thursday (and hopefully using my new bike!!), and I rode for 20 minutes this morning and stretched, and then I'll add some weights in to make up for today's missed strength training. Sometimes you just have to listen to your body :)

5/10/09

Tri Bike #1 - Fundraising Begins

This week marks the first official week of training! Well, technically it starts tomorrow, but still, I�"m eager to jump in and get my body up to speed.

Today�"s workout was easy enough - :40-1:00 on the bike at a �Ssteady state.� I ended up going for :45 and covering 17 miles, and tried to maintain an average RPM above 90. At the end of the workout, the lovely machine told me I had an average of 95, so that was good, and I didn�"t feel too tired. Now, I woulnd�"t say that I could have then run 6 miles, but I think that�"s a solid start.

This week should be intense:

Monday - Stretch and Strength (full body)

Tuesday - Swim 30-40 min (might have to skip this one b/c of healing eye irritation, which in case I�"ll catch a yoga class)

Wednesday - First practice with the team - Running drills, stretch and strenth (arms)

Thursday - Swim 30-40min, stretch and strength (legs)

Friday - Bike 30-40min or Stair climber

Saturday - Practice with the team - Social run, running drills, core strength, and a clinic for run gear.

I�"m really glad I took the last two weeks to ramp up to working out almost every day of the week, beacuse as you can see, I am REALLY going to need it.

AND, NOW FOR THE IMPORTANT PART!

I�"m training and completing this triathlon to raise money for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. I�"ve been fortunate enough to never have known someone close to me that had a blood cancer, but my mother is a survivor of breast cancer, and for that reason alone, I�"m pouring all the energy I have into training and raising money so that cancer doesn�"t have to exist. Yes, NO MORE PLZ.

I�"m going to ask for donations every time I post about a workout, and suggest an amount. If you happen to read this, and get all the way down here to the bottom, please consider CLICKING HERE, and donating $5.00 dollars.

I�"ll vary the amounts that I ask for, and eventually get into other means of fundraining (happy hours and such), but since it�"s my first week, let�"s go with $5. :)