Week 5, 6, 7

It's been a couple of weeks since my last update.  Here's the news:  I took a couple of weeks off of running, as my ankle seemed to be getting worse.  I went to the doctor who was concerned that it might be a stress fracture.  Luckily the xrays showed nothing, so it's just a major sprain.  I've been prescribed physical therapy -- the doc said it could take up to 6 weeks for it to fully recover!  Hopefully the couple of weeks I've taken off is good enough, as I'm ready to get back in to the training!  I've gone for a couple of small runs (treadmill only), and so far so good.  I can definitely FEEL my ankle, but I'm hoping the pain will stay away and I can move to the pavement soon.  There is such a difference running on a treadmill VS propelling your own body forward on the pavement.  It feels as if I am back to square one with the training, which is quite frustrating, but it is what it is.  I've gotta really pick it up so I'm ready for the race -- less than 2 months away!  Wow.

In more EXCITING news, we totally crushed our September goal of raising $30,000 as a team!  The last week in September we were still about $1000 away from our goal, but we made it!  In fact, we raised nearly $39,000 in September!  

THIS.     IS.     AWESOME!!  

Thank you to all who have helped contribute!  I am continually honored and thankful for such generous donators.  Since we first started this challenge, our team has raised a total of over $71,000 for CCFA!  Amazing.  I really feel like we are making a difference!  Which is what this is all about.  We just received information on booking our trip out to Las Vegas and it's really starting to dawn on me how close we are!  It's going to be such an amazing weekend.  I can't wait!

If you are still planning on donating (THANK YOU!), my personal fundraising deadline is October 31st.  We officially have until the second week in November to turn in our money to be counted for our trip (even though donations will still be accepted all the way in to January, 2010), but I want to be sure I have everything in place well before the November cut-off.  Please leave a comment if you have any questions!

GO TEAM CHALLENGE!!