
Racing to Save Lives
For the second year in a row I'm training to participate in the Disney Half Marathon as a member of The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society's (LLS) Team In Training.
As a memeber of Team In Training I am raising money to help stop leukemia, lymphoma, Hodgkin lymphoma and myeloma from taking more lives.
Please make a donation to support my participation in Team In Training and help advance LLS's mission.
Jamie's Stats
Amount Raised to Help Fight Blood Cancers Last Year: $2600
Fundraising Goal This Year: $5000
Race Experience: Completed Disney Half Marathon in Jan. 2008.
Upcoming Races: Walt Disney World Half Marathon in January 2009; Walt Disney World Princess Half Marathon in March 2009
Fastest and Only Half Marathon Time: 2:46:51
Goal Time this Race: Under 2:30:00
Pace Last Year: 12 min 35 sec per mile
Goal Pace: under 11 min per mile
Age Division Place Last Year: 522 of 919
Gender Place Last Year: 3792 of 7330
Strangest Thing that Happened at Last Race: A deer ran into our SUV on the way up to Orlando. Hopefully this year will be deer-free.
Strangest Thing that Happened During Training:
Week of 10/11: The highlight of our fundraiser garage sale at Sheryl's house was Sheryl's son Taylor riding around on a clown bike wearing a jester's hat to scare away potential garage sale customers and then trying to ride the bike up the mini ramp made out of a car's wheel block.
Scarest thing that happened this week- Nearly getting struck by lightning at UCF vs UM game.
Week of 10/4: While training at a track around a baseball field someone tried to break into the concession stand and set the alarm off for 15 minutes.
Also during mid-week training, overactive squirrels looking for acorns are making me nervous with their erratic behavior.
Week of 9/27: I swear I saw Zoolander running along A1A with us.
Week of 9/20: Running in the rain is not fun. Having soggy shoes for 7 miles, yuck! I think I saw a guy with a nipple on the back of his leg, but I was running alone so it was not confirmed.
Week of 9/13: Missed training due to late night party in South Beach. Made up my miles on Sunday in Coral Springs. But at the TNT beach training someone hijacked our cooler full of wash cloths. That's a lot of bad karma on that person for stealing from a charity.
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I hope you will visit my web site often. Be sure to check back frequently to see my progress. Thanks for your support!
Jamie Luft
Last Edited on: 10/13/2008
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Rob & Sheryl Arriola
Sun Aug 17 04:32:07 EDT 2008
Fundraising at Walmart Coral Springs
Sun Sep 07 05:59:42 EDT 2008
Dolphin Stadium Bead Fundraiser
Sun Sep 07 06:22:16 EDT 2008
Macy's Coral Square (9/6)
Sun Sep 07 06:30:07 EDT 2008
Preseason Donations
Sun Sep 07 06:33:56 EDT 2008
The Alvarez Family
Sat Sep 13 08:52:05 EDT 2008
Casper & Lilfoot
Sat Sep 13 04:39:49 EDT 2008
Macy's Shop for a Cause (9/13 @ Coral Square)
Sat Sep 13 06:52:30 EDT 2008
Toni Jackson
Fri Sep 26 01:57:19 EDT 2008
Sais Family
Tue Sep 30 05:38:08 EDT 2008
Jasper & Jasmine
Tue Sep 30 06:34:51 EDT 2008
FSU vs UM bead fundraiser
Sat Oct 04 07:34:34 EDT 2008
UCF vs UM bead fundraiser
Mon Oct 13 10:10:03 EDT 2008
The Other 7th Grade Science Chick
Tue Oct 14 11:02:26 EDT 2008
Golden Boy
Sat Oct 18 01:34:21 EDT 2008
Vern McGinty
Thu Oct 23 11:15:30 EDT 2008
Michael Crehan
Thu Oct 30 10:23:47 EDT 2008
Dolphins vs Bills spirit beads
Thu Oct 30 10:39:37 EDT 2008
Mr. Chandler Boo Bling
Wed Nov 05 07:02:25 EST 2008
Dr. Derek Shepard
Fri Nov 07 08:02:17 EST 2008
Miscellaneous
Fri Nov 07 08:17:17 EST 2008