Jaq will be Jam n' Joggin' at the Rock n' Rollin' Seattle Marathon

I had that same feeling this morning that you might get when stealing a peppermint patty at the drug store (I was 5 or something, don't we all do something like that in our lives?), or right after buying a running jacket for WAY too much money, or after starting your car after it did a 360 off the highway in crappy weather.

My heart was beating fast, my hands were shaking, I was sweating a little.  Because, folks, I did it. I officially signed up for a FULL marathon. Like a FULL one. I mean, like, the ones that are 26.2 miles long. That kind of marathon.  And I decided to go big or go home. That is, I'm running the marathon in Seattle Washington. There is a marathon in Vermont that is big; my sister ran it a couple of years ago. There is a marathon in Boston, not very well known, you have to be wicked fast or something. Which I totally am (I could probably beat the Kenyans), but I thought I'd enjoy traveling somewhere different other than places I call home. And that's when Seattle WA (actually pronounced, "WAH", rhyming with "spa" if you were to read this aloud to your family or something...don't say the 2 individual letters; that's so lame) called out my name.

June 27th is the big day. The big day of lots of miles. I signed up to do this with Team in Training, which is an organization that coaches and trains and mentors participants for marathons and century bike rides and triathalons. Participants raise money during their training and 75% of the proceeds go towards cancer research. So....the intimidating number of the year is $4,300. Yikes. I went into this "informational" meeting subconsciously knowing that I would leave having signed up for a marathon. But I told myself I was just going to see what it was all about.  So yeah, I left having signed up and also suddenly I found myself in debt $4,300 more than before. 

So chances are you will probably find an email and/or fundraising letter in your box, be it inbox or mailbox. Just warning you. Fundraising is one of those things that DOES get old. Gets old FAST. Oh well. It's time for the creative juices to flow. And the otherwise non-existent hosting capabilities to appear. I am desperate for good fundraising events/ideas. Comments are appreciated, donations are also appreciated. Eyes that do NOT roll at the phrase just stated are also appreciated, but if your eyes DO roll, I secretly totally agree. Fundraising is stupid.

But cancer research is not. Putting ones body through 26.2 miles at one time? It's still up for debate.

I am SO EXCITED though. That is all. Sorry for the days upon days that I haven't blogged. I've been busy with hovering basketball parents, puddles of tears (it was a tough week) caused by one attitudinal math student, semester changes, and oh yeah, heart palpitations due to a signature worth 26.2 miles and $4,300.

Awesome.