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Kicking Cancer’s Ass

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I’m sitting here watching the CBS special airing of the 2011 Kona race.  Yes, I DVR’d it and yes, I have it saved so I can inspire myself any time I need to.  While watching I was reminded of one the participants that caught my attention last year – Teri Griege.

Teri was diagnosed with stage 4 colon cancer in 2009 which had metastasized to her liver.  She went through chemo and radiation, having her colon & liver resected and more chemo and radiation.  During this time, she continued to train for various races which included 2011 Ironman World Championship in Kona.

Anyone who knows anything about the sport of triathlon knows training alone is a bugger and can kick you when you’re down.  Now imagine fighting cancer while training.  When I first heard this story, I was amazed and inspired.  My first thought – how amazing is this lady!

Here’s a little blurb from the Ironman Kona race.  It’s less than 5 minutes and completely worth your time.

Teri finished Kona in 14:50:32.  WOW!

Teri is still racing and I believe has beaten cancer.  You can find out more information about her on her website here.

I’m waging my own little war against cancer.  I’m using my participation in various races from now til the end of the year to raise funds to battle breast cancer.  All funds raised will be donated to The Breast Cancer Research Foundation.  So please consider either making a flat donation or a set amount per mile raced.

Current miles raced – 18.41

My fundraising page can be found here.  If you want to donate per mile, please email me (me@letstriagain.com) or comment so I can contact you in December with total miles raced.  Don’t forget your email!!

With your help, we can kick cancer’s ass!!

Donate Away!!

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As promised, I now have a donation page live with The Breast Cancer Research Foundation!  This is so exciting!  Anyway, you can go to this link if you’d like to make a flat donation – CLICK HERE!

If you’d rather donate per mile, please email me with the amount per mile.  I’ll contact you in middle December with the total miles I completed participating in various events.  My email is me@letstriagain.com.

Once everything was set up, I was trying to determine my goal.  When reading what others have done, one common goal was based on the number of days a loved one was alive.  I considered this but since this is a one woman event, I knew that goal was out of reach – at least to start with.

So instead I decided to do the number of days my grandmother was alive during my lifetime.  With this, my goal was established  - $6,313!  This is pretty lofty but I will do my best to make it happen!

Please, email/forward/spread the love to all your friends and family (even the ones you don’t like!) in order for me to reach people I normally wouldn’t.  Any and all help will be appreciated!

Thanks in advance for your generosity!!

xoxo,

Adrianne

 

Let’s Tri Again for a Cure

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SUPER EXCITED!!  To tell y’all about this little project I’ve had in the works that is becoming a reality!  Beginning with my triathlon on May 5, I will be racing (ah hell, let me be accurate and say “participating”) in honor of The Breast Cancer Research Foundation.  My participation in various events will allow me to fundraise for this organization.  There are so many great aspects to this idea that I’m grinning ear to ear just thinking about them!

  • Donations made to this organization will help researchers in the prevention, treatment, and hopefully finding a cure for breast cancer.  To date, approximately 90 cents of every dollar goes directly to research.
  • I get to participate in a variety of races and have the motivation of doing it for a larger purpose than just participation or myself.
  • My butt gets moving and I have a HUGE reason to work out and get healthy!
  • YOU, can help these efforts by placing a donation and follow my journey via my blog (which I can guarantee will be rather hilarious I’m sure).

I’ve created a cute little logo I’m going to place on EVERYTHING (because I’m a dork like that).

I’ve also been granted permission to use The Breast Cancer Research Foundation‘s logo for the purpose of fundraising.

Those of you who know me, know I have a soft spot for anything in regards to breast cancer.  This horrible disease took my grandmother when I was in high school and has been my personal philanthropy ever since.  NOW, I get to finally give back in a way I haven’t before and CAN NOT wait!

So, how will this work you ask?!  Good question.  In about a week, I’ll have a live donation page via  The BCRF where you can donate.  With this page, you’ll make a donation directly to the organization so your donation should be tax-deductible.  You can either make a flat donation or if you’d like to pledge a certain amount per mile completed during the events.  By the middle of December, I’ll give a final tally for the total miles I completed during all my events which will determine how much you donate.  For example…….you decide to pledge 50 cents for every mile I finish and my final tally is 50 miles, your donation would be $25.00.  Make sense?

On my race page (here on this blog), I’ll do my best to keep races up to date as I know which ones I plan to participate in as well as the results post race.  On my cause page (again here on the blog), I’ll keep track of miles completed and how the fundraising is going.  This makes me want to go out and train then sign up for every race I know!

Along the way, I may do some merchandise benefiting the cause as well……that’s just a thought right now, we’ll see where that goes.

So keep your eyes open for a link or email in the next week or so with information regarding my donation page.  PLEASE, feel free to pass this information (and my blog as well!) to anyone who’d be willing to support finding a cure for breast cancer!

Thank you in advance from the bottom of my heart!  This will make the next 7 months exciting for me and hopefully my posts will keep you more than entertained as I go through this journey!!

xoxo,

Adrianne