Tuesday, February 26th:
settin' my alarm for midnight. Checking again at 5:00 a.m. Having fits as I wait til 1:30 p.m. to check again. Then helpless until 6:30 p.m.
(me and a gazillion other women)
sigh.
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"If Americans want to live the American Dream, they should go to Denmark." - Richard Wilkinson
Tuesday, February 26th:
settin' my alarm for midnight. Checking again at 5:00 a.m. Having fits as I wait til 1:30 p.m. to check again. Then helpless until 6:30 p.m.
(me and a gazillion other women)
sigh.
"If Americans want to live the American Dream, they should go to Denmark." - Richard Wilkinson
I hate to sound low-tech, but they seem to honor mail entries if they are postmarked on the day the race opens. Maybe you should just mail the entry in? I know you risk having something go wrong, but it might be something to consider.
Orlando's closed but you canm stil get a spot through AT Children's Project. You are required to raise $2200 in spponsorships (your credit card will be charged if you don't), but it also includes 2 night's hotel at Disney's Cornonado.
I hate direct fundraising, but I don't think it would be hard to raise $2200 in my circle. I've been hit up quite a few times by friends doing the Komen Race, etc. I do want to look into it a bit more and see what percent of funds raised go directly to research, but at first glance they seem reputable.
http://www.communityatcp.org/NETCOMM...=807&srcid=807
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Update: Well, the http://charityreports.bbb.org/public...CharityID=3679
says they don't submit finncials and they are not listed on http://www.charitynavigator.org or www.CharityWatch.org so I'm not sure I want to do this.
Last edited by mkidd; 02-22-2008 at 03:50 AM.
I'm all in.
I wonder if we have enough interest for custom shirts?
Quill
Yes, SHE can.
"Angels fly because they take themselves lightly"
Gilbert K. Chesterton
QuillFRED! So nice to have you back.
Custom TE Danskin shirts? That would be cool.
PS Given Knot's experience last year (or was it Teigyr?), I think we should all be checkin' tomorrow as well as the next day...
"My predominant feeling is one of gratitude. I have loved and been loved;I have been given much and I have given something in return...Above all, I have been a sentient being, a thinking animal, on this beautiful planet, and that in itself has been an enormous privilege and an adventure." O. Sacks
Thanks Salsa! It is great to be back.
Did I hear right? I-90? Aye-yi-yi.
I was hoping we could circle Seward Park until we finished or passed out dizzy. Do they block traffic at all anywhere? I'm getting sweaty fingertips here.
Le Q
Yes, SHE can.
"Angels fly because they take themselves lightly"
Gilbert K. Chesterton
"Sharing the road means getting along, not getting ahead" - 1994 Washington State Driver's Guide
visit my flickr stream http://flic.kr/ps/MMu5N
Oh, yeah, we OWN the roads that day! The whoopin' and hollerin' going thru the tunnel at Mercer Island was lovely to behold!
"If Americans want to live the American Dream, they should go to Denmark." - Richard Wilkinson
Sweaty fingertips That'd be me and bridges or heights.
Yes, I think we could have interest in custom shirts. Would be WAY cool!!!
I still keep checking. And checking. What's sad is that Google tells me how many times I've visited the site and it's kind of embarrassing.
I always wanted to do a tri, but just the mere thought of running makes my knee ache. Can I walk instead of run? That might be doable.
(This is me looking for some kind of motivation to be active. My failures at physical therapy have pretty much sapped away all of that.)
Dex, I am not a runner and plan to walk the 3 mile run.
"My predominant feeling is one of gratitude. I have loved and been loved;I have been given much and I have given something in return...Above all, I have been a sentient being, a thinking animal, on this beautiful planet, and that in itself has been an enormous privilege and an adventure." O. Sacks
Hrm...well, if I'm not going to be the only one walking...
I think I may have to try to get in on the registration madness, too.
Dex, I walked the entire thing in 2006. And I wasn't the only one walking.
This year I plan to walk most of it, and I'll be pleased if I can jog 1 mile of it.
"If Americans want to live the American Dream, they should go to Denmark." - Richard Wilkinson
Still not open, but you bet yer sweet bippy I'll be checking before Tuesday, in case they pull the ol' "open early and close the day it was s'posed to open" again. (that was last year)
"If Americans want to live the American Dream, they should go to Denmark." - Richard Wilkinson
I've been checking all day. Don't trust 'em one little bit
Dex, tons of people walk. I haven't done Danskin but I've done other tri's and there are walkers. I walk a LOT during the run portion, at least I did last year. Hopefully this year I'll be a bit better at the run, at least I better be