Team Blankenship: My Fundraising Heroes

In Memory of:

Edward Bordell

Justin Pearman

Jeremiah Strouf

A Special Thanks to Team Blankenship!

My family has teamed up to help me to reach my goal of $3900. They have hit the sidewalks selling candy, and it has been a huge success. They have raised $1735.00 in two weeks.

GO TEAM!

Welcome to my Team In Training home page.

Thanks for helping me to raise money for this great cause. There are some great prizes

to win compliments of Jump 4 Joy. For every $10 that you donate, your name will be entered into our August 30th drawing. Winners will be posted on myjump4joy.com.

1st place: A party rental package worth up to $400.00 compliments of Jump 4 Joy

2nd place: A party rental package worth up to $300.00 compliments of Jump 4 Joy

3rd place: Ipod nano

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.

If you would like me to train and compete in honor or in memory of someone you care about, please email me their name(s) at myjump4joy@yahoo.com. I will add their name(s) to my training and race shirts and to special honoree bracelets worn throughout the season

I hope you will visit my web site often. Be sure to check back frequently to see my progress. Thanks for your support!

Training Highlights

Feb. 12 2008 : I began my training by joining Club One Fitness and working out with a trainer. I started out slow, running 2-3 miles on a treadmill and some cross training with weights and core excercises.

March: Still running on a treadmill, and enrolled in a spinning class

April 21: I bought my first pair of running shoes and hit the streets

April

21st - 5 miles

23rd - 8 miles

24th - 12 miles

28th - 12 miles

30th - 6 miles

May

1st - 5 miles

5th - 9 miles (Las Vegas)

7th - 4 miles

8th - 10 miles

Sore right knee for 3 days

12th - 11 miles

13th - spin class

14th - 6 miles

15th - spin class

16th - 15 miles

18th - 5 miles

19th - 4 miles (Roaring camp trails in Felton)

20th - 14 miles (Felton to Santa Cruz along railroad tracks. Awesome scenery!!!!)

22nd - spin class

23rd - 6 miles

25th - 12 miles

28th - 11 miles

31st - 6 miles ( First day I joined Team in Training)

June

3rd - 6 miles

6th - 6 miles

9th - 12 miles

12th - 6 miles

15th - 7 miles

16th - 14 miles (My house to Baylands Park in Sunnyvale and back)

17th - 1.5 miles ( first track workout with Team in Training)

21st - 6.2 miles My first 10 K run !!!! The Stadium to Stadium Run in San Francisco. I finished in a little over 53 minutes

22nd - 7 miles

24th - Spin Class

25th - 18 miles (From my house to Lockheed along the Bay Trail and back)

27th - 6 miles

29th - 12miles

JULY

1st - 18 miles (From my house to Stanford Track)

3rd - 6 miles

5th - 8 miles

7th - 7 miles on treadmill and core training at gym

11th - 7 miles on treadmill and core at gym

12th - 12 miles Portolla Valley hills with Team in Training (My butt hurt for two days...still not ready for 26.2 miles)

14th - 8 miles on treadmill and core

15th - Spin Class and core

16th - 12 miles

17th - Spin Class and Core

18th - 12.6 miles 1hr 45 min

21st - 16 miles

22nd - Spin Class (am) TNT workout 2 miles(pm)

23rd - 8 miles on treadmill in 59min41sec

focused on time, speed, and distance.

also worked on core

24th - I ate way too much

25th - 15 min of lunges, 30 min on spin bike,

6 mile run, 15 min abs

28th - 2.5 miles on treadmill and core

29th - (Camping at Lake Tahoe) 10 miles

It was so beautiful I think I'll do it again!

30th - 10 miles!

August

3rd - 6 miles

4th - 3 miles and core at gym

7th - 6 miles

11th - 6 miles

12th - 20 miles (my house to Stanford and started back )

15th - 10 miles and 30 mins core

18th - 12.6 miles

19th - 5 miles

20th - 6 miles

21st - 12 miles

26th - 20 miles

28th - spin class and core

29th - 10 miles

Sept

2nd - Spin Class in the morning and 18 mile run

in the evening

This will be my last long run until my event in 12 days. I will taper my miles, and spend a lot of time resting. Thanks to everyone who has encouraged me on this journey, and to those who have donated to this great cause.