Miles for the Cure is working! I got my first sponsor on Sunday to find a cure for diabetes. It works out to about ten cents per mile I will run by the time I hit the Marathon. Huge shoutout to Joel and Deanna Dinverno. You guys are awesome.
T Minus 18 days until I run in the Tough Mudder - Ohio. I must be crazy. Whoops. I misspelled #motivated. 12 and a half grueling miles of rugged terrain. 25 military style obstacles. I'm going to make it my bitch.
Put some miles in at the Jackson YMCA this morning. I did a 5k in under 30 minutes for the first time since High School...13 years ago. And it's only going to get better from here!
Lily's numbers have been pretty high lately. This has both short and long term effects on her. Long term high blood sugars result in neuropathy, loss of vision, limbs, the works. Short term, she gets a little crazy and bratty when her sugar is high. Both scare the hell out of me. The good news is it was more under control today through strict portion control of her food. Read the labels for serving sizes!
I read two articles about Type 1 Diabetics last week that brought me to tears. In the first one, a fellow parent of a T1D was writing about how her 12 year old daughter came home from school and just wanted to scream and scream "I HATE DIABETES" over and over in her room. It hit home. Hard. 95% of the time Lily is AWESOME about being diabetic. She knows what she shouldn't eat and why, she does her own shots and pokes, and pretty much accepts her fate. There have been more than a few times though that she has crawled in bed with me or Karly and cried herself to sleep about how much diabetes sucks. I hate diabetes and everything about it.
The second article was about a teenager who died at a friend's house during a sleepover when she had flu like symptoms. Great. As if I wasn't worried enough about her going ANYWHERE without the VERY short list of people me and Karly trust to watch her.
Jesus bore a cross for us, why can't I bear this cross for my little girl?!?
Tuesday, March 27, 2012
Wednesday, March 14, 2012
Registered for the JDRF Walk today!
It's been a pretty good day. Got a nice run in at the YMCA and then went to the park to keep it going with some Hill (aka Murder) Loops. I'm up to running 5k with no problem already. Gonna be a great year for the running man!
Almost had a mini crisis in regards to my running plans. My new nephew Luke is getting baptized on the day I was planning on doing the Tough Mudder, so I have to figure out a way to go on Saturday the 14th of April instead. All I need is someone to drive with me so I can sleep on the way home. Any takers? No really. I will pay for gas and buy some beers for you while you are there.
I registered for the Jackson JDRF Walk to Cure Diabetes today! Mark your calendars for Saturday, September 15th. The walk is at Ella Sharp Park in the morning, and just like last year, we will have a party at Jack and Debby's that afternoon and into the morning for all walkers, donors, friends, and family.
People have been asking me how they can help. We need donations! I am doubling our team goal from last year. We raised over $5,000 last year. This year I know we can break $10k. If you want to help, you can go to walk.jdrf.org and donate under team "Loving Lily" or donate to Michael Melnick (I am one of the team captains). You can pledge a certain amount per mile, or a flat rate. A nickel a mile will net about $25 by the time I run the Marathon in June.
***If you want to follow my running progress, you can go to http://runkeeper.com/user/mikexcrun/activity
***Remember to go to walk.jdrf.org today to register or donate to Loving Lily!
Almost had a mini crisis in regards to my running plans. My new nephew Luke is getting baptized on the day I was planning on doing the Tough Mudder, so I have to figure out a way to go on Saturday the 14th of April instead. All I need is someone to drive with me so I can sleep on the way home. Any takers? No really. I will pay for gas and buy some beers for you while you are there.
I registered for the Jackson JDRF Walk to Cure Diabetes today! Mark your calendars for Saturday, September 15th. The walk is at Ella Sharp Park in the morning, and just like last year, we will have a party at Jack and Debby's that afternoon and into the morning for all walkers, donors, friends, and family.
People have been asking me how they can help. We need donations! I am doubling our team goal from last year. We raised over $5,000 last year. This year I know we can break $10k. If you want to help, you can go to walk.jdrf.org and donate under team "Loving Lily" or donate to Michael Melnick (I am one of the team captains). You can pledge a certain amount per mile, or a flat rate. A nickel a mile will net about $25 by the time I run the Marathon in June.
***If you want to follow my running progress, you can go to http://runkeeper.com/user/mikexcrun/activity
***Remember to go to walk.jdrf.org today to register or donate to Loving Lily!
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