Volunteering goodness

Ekk! I havent updated the ole' blog for a while. Truth is, life has been a bit hectic. Not much of an excuse though.

Anywho - here's my latest update....
So far, my longest run has been 14 miles. I have a 16 miler coming up this Saturday which I'm not looking forward to. However - it's been much easier training with a team and coach. On our long runs there are staff from the charity camped out at different locations along the way with water, energy drinks and food. Saves having to lug all that stuff around in my bum bag. Yes....I have a bum bag. Its small, but nonetheless can be classified as an official bag for the bum. BTW for those in the U.S., bum bag = fanny pack and in the UK, fanny = vagina. So I will continue to call it a bum bag. Thanks.

Anywho, if anyone would like me to send them the training schedules I am sticking to - more than happy to do so. We will total out about 6 months of training and the schedules are really easy to follow! - day by day/month to month. You only end up doing one 20 mile run before the big finale - otherwise you gradually build up but never past 20. I hear the last 6 miles is pure adrenaline. We'll see...

On other news, I've been doing quite a bit of volunteering to raise money. I volunteered at a water stand during a local half marathon. I made $125 for my efforts - which is not too shabby for a couple of hours of handing out cups of water. This past weekend, I volunteered at an Austin festival called the Pecan Street Festival. I was designated as a Recycling team member. The volunteer coordinator asked that I go around every trash can at the festival and pick out anything that can be recycled or made in to compost.....yes, im not joking - even food. Clearly I did not follow through on picking apart the bins in the hope of finding a nice chicken bone to throw on the compost. Regardless, it was quite a fun weekend - lots of people watching. Best bit was the festivals choice of planting the "PORK-The other white meat" booth next to the green/environ awareness booths. Good news group of folks that helped me out volunteering made about $400!!!

More to come....