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Are You In?

Coach PatrickCoach Patrick
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Training for a long-course tri is tough enough, adding fundraising is even harder. Who is going to take the challenge to do more this season? What are your personal goals and race targets? Please share so we can all be inspired!

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  • Cary BlancoCary Blanco
    I'm in! I signed up last week for the Janus Challenge for IMLP and raising funds for the Prostate Cancer Foundation. $2000 or greater is my fundraising goal.
  • manconamancona

    I'm In!!!

    I've always wanted to do fundraising but never felt strongly about one charity.  Just a month ago I figured out what I wanted to do.

    That a look at let me know what you think:

    http://ironmancona.blogspot.com/p/r...-kona.html

    Matt

  • Coach PatrickCoach Patrick
    Matt, that's a great idea...please let us know how the Team can support promote your efforts (and everyone else too!). Be sure to become a member of the FUNDracing group!

    Patrick
  • Nemo BrauchNemo Brauch
    Nice idea Matt! It's sure to help encourage folks to donate! I'm still trying to pick my Charity and plan to do the Janus Charity Challenge- I might just have to steal your idea!
  • Barbara SpitlerBarbara Spitler
    I am once again running with Opportunity Enterprises, a local non-profit organization providing services for adults with disabilities. I am running the Chicago Marathon for the 10th time with OE, on 10-10-10! If anyone would like to support my efforts, go to www.oerunners.org and click on fundraising, type in my name, and go to my page. This charity is close to my heart, as my parents started a school for special needs students in our county, in 1957, when there wasn't anything. It evolved into much more, with OE being a part of it. My sister had Down's Syndrome and was a client at O.E. She loved going to work everyday!
    O.E. is one of the premier charities at Chicago Marathon. We have a tent in the charity village. Any EN athletes doing Chicago should come say hi!
  • manconamancona
    Thank You P, Please just help spread the word around the team and any one else. Obviously, the more people that guess my time and donate the better for CAF and everyone planning the game as the amount you can win goes up. If I start to raise a good bit of money I will at least be able to get some Zoot stuff to give away and potentially other stuff as well.

    Theresa and I had so much fun with the guess Abigial's birthdate, gender, weight and height I decided to do this.

    Nemo, you are more then welcome to take the idea... I only ask of a donation in exchange ;-)

    Thanks!
  • Gordon CherwoniakGordon Cherwoniak

    Great job from those that are also doing a charity challenge.

    @Matt - This is a great idea.  I will have to wait until late in the season to see some results, how Boston goes and early season tri results. There are so many factors including your improvement and how much wind there will be in Kona this year.  Maybe I'll just have to throw in a coulpe guesses, for good wind year vs bad wind year.  I know I should be able to get a feel for your increase in speed from the race reports.

    Gordon

  • Nemo BrauchNemo Brauch
    Alright, I'm officially in. I just registered my charity with the Janus Charity Challenge. I still need to set up my website, but you can be pretty sure Otto and/or Lilly will be featured- my charity is the Outer Banks SPCA, and in particular, I'm trying to help promote their new Spay & Neuter program that they are desperately trying to get off the ground.
  • DellerDeller
    Hi guys - add me to the list. I'm signed up with the Janus Charity Challenge to raise money for the Central Asia Institute. It's the organization of Greg Mortensen, the author of Three Cups of Tea. If you're not already familiar, he builds schools, particularly those serving girls, in the developing mountainous region spanning Afghanistan, Pakistan and Krgysztan. I'm doing this in memory of great aunt and grandmother, both of whom died recently. They both believed strongly in the importance of education, particularly for women, so I think this is a good tribute. They also were big supporters of my athletic exploits, although my grandmother always asked how I did in my "marathon" and I'd have to remind her that there was biking and swimming too.

    Eric Voboril
  • Nemo BrauchNemo Brauch
    Great Charity Eric! Welcome aboard!

    FYI- I got a little good news today on my fundraising. The company I work for doesn't really have a "matching funds" kinda program. But they do have a policy for promoting folks to volunteer in their local communities (so many hours per month out of the workweek kinda deal) and they do a lot of local sponsored events too. But the focus for their charity/volunteer initiative is on promoting science & math for kids- so my charity doesn't really fit their mission. I went ahead and sent the program coordinator a little FYI message to tell them what I was doing anyway on the off chance that maybe they'd like to use the story in one of their marketing promos (which I thought would be a win-win). I got a response today that said if I was going to do at least 50 hours of training for the event, that they would donate $250 to my charity. 50 hours!!! HA HA HA! Yeah, I'm pretty sure I can squeeze in 50 hours of training between now and September!!!

    Anyway- my point here is to take a chance. Even if you don't think your company (or whoever) is going to want to donate or help you out, it's worth sending a note to see what might happen. You just never know.
  • Coach PatrickCoach Patrick
    nemo, that's great news...nice work!!!
  • mariannemarianne
    Yes I am doing Janus Charity Challenge for www.gregmillerministries.org after my trip to Guatemala, I was inspired! thanks for the reminder and this morning, my rest day on a rainy morning, I typed this....
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    I have just finished week one (out of 20) training for Ironman Wisconsin, September 12, 2010.
    http://mlp5.smugmug.com/photos/844105181_nYecP-M.jpg
    In conjunction with Janus Charity Challenge, I am raising donations for www.gregmillerministries.org.

    I got to know Greg (an American from Ohio) and his family while on a mission trip with a team from www.newlifechurch.tv to Guatemala in March 2010.
    http://mlp5.smugmug.com/photos/806332481_5pAjr-M.jpg

    That week was an "Adventure of a Lifetime". Wow!
    http://mlp5.smugmug.com/photos/806293408_MUDN8-M.jpg
    In five remote villages, I helped with kid activities, visited homes, performed in dramas, served dinner, handed out food parcels and shared God's love for them. I fell in love with the people. In fact, it was hard to say goodbye. They couldn't believe that we had traveled so far to visit them as they are considered to be "forgotten."

    When I returned home, I knew I wanted to raise donations and awareness for this ministry while training for my next "Adventure of a Lifetime". Yes, my fifth Ironman! On September 12th in Madison, WI, I will be swimming 2.4 miles in a lake, biking 112 miles on a hilly technical course and then running 26.2 hilly miles all IN ONE DAY!
    http://mlp5.smugmug.com/photos/603183892_T2b5o-M.jpg
    "Anything is possible" is the Ironman motto and this holds true for me as I wasn't an athlete. No, I started running/swimming six years ago and cycling five years ago. I thank God for my health and endurance and am very excited to be doing this event all the while thinking of those Guatemalan children: hungry, with tattered clothing, sometimes cold at night, eager to receive love living in the high, remote mountain villages. They are not "forgotten" to me.
    http://mlp5.smugmug.com/photos/806475058_MogZm-M.jpg

    In fact, my second son, Andrew (about to graduate H.S.) also went with me to Guatemala and has decided to live with Greg and spend the summer helping the Chorti Indians!!
    http://mlp5.smugmug.com/photos/806352796_S3Jz7-M.jpg

    Be part of this adventure with us!....you may donate online and a tax receipt will be mailed to you thru Janus.


    Thanks for your support!
    Marianne Park


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    My link: http://januscharitychallenge.kintera.org/faf/donorReg/donorPledge.asp?ievent=330383&lis=0&kntae330383=4E28EE61DE6E49CEBAD8AE46175FD020&supId=286634831
  • Michele CellaiMichele Cellai

    I signed up for the Janus Charity Challenge last night.

    Charity: Homes For Our Troops

    Since I work in healthcare, I am always donating to this or that medical cause. Recently I had a patient telling me about her brother losing both legs in Afghanistan. While rehabbing at Walter Reed, he was selected to have his home built and modified to accomodate his needs. This is the charity. Her story was very compelling. I looked into the charity and am really excited to help.

    I will post a link to my page once I feel like I have done it justice.

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