Sunday, December 30, 2007
Soreness in back
Unfortunately while shoveling snow, I seem to have aggravated an ongoing lower back issue that pops up every couple of years. I am going to give it one more day and I think it will be fine. Planning to do a two hour elliptical training session tomorrow and hopefully it won't give me any troubles.
Thursday, December 27, 2007
Happy New Year
With only a few days remaining in 2007, I want to wish all of my friends a wonderful and safe new year. To say that this has been an interesting year would be an understatement. There are so many reasons to look forward to 2008 and I hope to share them with you in the upcoming months.
As for my first big event of 2008, the P.F. Chang's Rock 'N' Roll Marathon on Phoenix in just a few weeks, I am happy to say that I have reached my minimum fundraising goal of $3250 and am quickly closing in on $4000. My original goal was $5000 and after the new year, I will go to work to reach that goal as well. The training is coming along great and I guess you could say that I am there and ready with two weeks to go. I did a 16.5 mile run last weekend, which was my last big run before the marathon. Sometme this weekend, I do plan to get back on the eliptical trainer for one more long workout and then just relax until marathon day with a few easy runs.
Thank you to everyone who has helped me along the way. No words can explain the appreciation that I have for everyone who has contributed, encouraged and wished me well. This truely has been an incredible experience for me.
Happy New Year!
As for my first big event of 2008, the P.F. Chang's Rock 'N' Roll Marathon on Phoenix in just a few weeks, I am happy to say that I have reached my minimum fundraising goal of $3250 and am quickly closing in on $4000. My original goal was $5000 and after the new year, I will go to work to reach that goal as well. The training is coming along great and I guess you could say that I am there and ready with two weeks to go. I did a 16.5 mile run last weekend, which was my last big run before the marathon. Sometme this weekend, I do plan to get back on the eliptical trainer for one more long workout and then just relax until marathon day with a few easy runs.
Thank you to everyone who has helped me along the way. No words can explain the appreciation that I have for everyone who has contributed, encouraged and wished me well. This truely has been an incredible experience for me.
Happy New Year!
Sunday, December 16, 2007
Marathon Eliptical Training Session II
The weather in Topeka isn't any better, plus I am trying to get to church and a Christmas lunch . So, I am doing the eliptical trainer thing again today. I don't know how long I will be on this thing, but I have food and water to last several hours. I am also rapidly closing in on my fundraising goal. Thanks to everyone who has helped in this campaign.
Thursday, December 13, 2007
Weekly Update
Whose idea was it to train for a winter marathon in Kansas? The same person who decided five years ago to train for a mountain bicycle ride in Kansas? Nothing like those steep climbs up to the overpasses over the interstate.
The only thing I can say after the ice that fell in Topeka last weekend is thank goodness for the elliptical trainer my wife decided to buy a few years back. Because that is where I have spent the past week or so, indoors in my basement, with my legs spinning round and round, for hours and hours and hours.
It’s not exactly how I had planned to spend the final few weeks of my training, but I think it is working for me. On Sunday morning, I spent more than three hours, covering what I would equate to about twenty miles minus the pounding that running puts on your legs, knees and hips. So far this week, I have put in about thirty miles and I am planning for a twenty miler on Saturday to put me over the fifty mile mark for the week. I am a firm believer in running time over distance and there is great benefit to being able to keep your legs moving for four hours plus. You’ll know if my strategy worked when I make my final report on the marathon. The elliptical trainer mimics the leg and hip motion of running without the pounding and it greatly reduces the risk of injury.
With two weeks to go to my minimum fundraising deadline, I am happy to report that I am just $644 short of my minimum fundraising goal of $3250. But I don’t intend to stop at the minimum. Each dollar raised brings us that much closer to finding a cure for blood cancers. I intend to do my part, both running and fundraising, for that cure.
Thank you to those of you who have contributed. I hope I have earned the gracious support you have shown to this effort. Many of you have written back and said that you plan to support me. We all need a friendly reminder from time to time, I’m no different. So think of this as just that, a friendly reminder. There are also some of you who I know won’t contribute and that is okay. Part of my goal is to also raise awareness for blood cancers.
If you wish to make a financial contribution to my campaign, please visit http://www.active.com/donate/tntks/tntksGHill or mail you donation to:
Leukemia and Lymphoma Society
C/O Greg Hill
3460 SW Jardine Terrace
Topeka, KS 66611
-or-
and Lymphoma Society
C/O Greg Hill
555 N. Woodlawn
Building 1, Suite 113
Wichita, KS 67208
Or, if you just want to send along your words of encouragement, I am accepting those as well. For those of you who have run marathons in the past, you know what happens somewhere about twenty two miles. For those who don’t know what I am talking about, just think pain - excruciating pain.
With the end of the year quickly approaching, I want to wish all of you a wonderful Holiday Season, a very Merry Christmas and a happy New Year. I am looking forward to breaking in 2008 with the accomplishment of the goal of completing my second marathon.
Thank you for your support and encouragement. Remember, you can always track my training efforts at http://greghilltnt.blogspot.com.
Sincerely,
Greg Hill
The only thing I can say after the ice that fell in Topeka last weekend is thank goodness for the elliptical trainer my wife decided to buy a few years back. Because that is where I have spent the past week or so, indoors in my basement, with my legs spinning round and round, for hours and hours and hours.
It’s not exactly how I had planned to spend the final few weeks of my training, but I think it is working for me. On Sunday morning, I spent more than three hours, covering what I would equate to about twenty miles minus the pounding that running puts on your legs, knees and hips. So far this week, I have put in about thirty miles and I am planning for a twenty miler on Saturday to put me over the fifty mile mark for the week. I am a firm believer in running time over distance and there is great benefit to being able to keep your legs moving for four hours plus. You’ll know if my strategy worked when I make my final report on the marathon. The elliptical trainer mimics the leg and hip motion of running without the pounding and it greatly reduces the risk of injury.
With two weeks to go to my minimum fundraising deadline, I am happy to report that I am just $644 short of my minimum fundraising goal of $3250. But I don’t intend to stop at the minimum. Each dollar raised brings us that much closer to finding a cure for blood cancers. I intend to do my part, both running and fundraising, for that cure.
Thank you to those of you who have contributed. I hope I have earned the gracious support you have shown to this effort. Many of you have written back and said that you plan to support me. We all need a friendly reminder from time to time, I’m no different. So think of this as just that, a friendly reminder. There are also some of you who I know won’t contribute and that is okay. Part of my goal is to also raise awareness for blood cancers.
If you wish to make a financial contribution to my campaign, please visit http://www.active.com/donate/tntks/tntksGHill or mail you donation to:
Leukemia and Lymphoma Society
C/O Greg Hill
3460 SW Jardine Terrace
Topeka, KS 66611
-or-
and Lymphoma Society
C/O Greg Hill
555 N. Woodlawn
Building 1, Suite 113
Wichita, KS 67208
Or, if you just want to send along your words of encouragement, I am accepting those as well. For those of you who have run marathons in the past, you know what happens somewhere about twenty two miles. For those who don’t know what I am talking about, just think pain - excruciating pain.
With the end of the year quickly approaching, I want to wish all of you a wonderful Holiday Season, a very Merry Christmas and a happy New Year. I am looking forward to breaking in 2008 with the accomplishment of the goal of completing my second marathon.
Thank you for your support and encouragement. Remember, you can always track my training efforts at http://greghilltnt.blogspot.com.
Sincerely,
Greg Hill
Sunday, December 9, 2007
Three hours on the eliptical trainer
Because of the Topeka weather, I am forced inside for a three hour workout on the eliptical trainer. I am finishing up my workout while I write this. I would compare this to about twenty miles, but without the pounding. Hopefully, I'll feel a little better after this than I would out on the streets.
Thursday, December 6, 2007
Podcast Update
About three months ago, I decided to approach my fundraising by being creative in how I reach out to my friends and family in my effort to raise money for a cure for blood cancer.
These last twelve weeks have been both fun and challenging. But I am in great shape, I have raised more than $2000 for cancer research and I have learned a great deal about podcasting and using the internet in a fun and exciting way.
I hope you have enjoyed my podcasts. I have done nine of them. They have been fun to make and I have, I think, done a much better job of sharing my passion for this cause than I might have done otherwise.
It takes about one hour to make one minute of video. And that doesn’t count the wait time for uploading, processing, downloading and writing. I have probably devoted two full work weeks in the early mornings before my family awoke, over my lunch hours and the late evenings putting these together. With all that is left to do, the training, fundraising and thanking of my supporters along with the rapidly approaching holidays, I have decided to cancel my podcast series. I know a few of you have watched them each week, but when I looked at the time they took to make, it just wasn’t a good “business” decision for me to continue. I do plan to be back after the marathon for a wrap-up show.
Until then, thank you for watching, thank you for your kind words of support and thank you for the many contributions.
These last twelve weeks have been both fun and challenging. But I am in great shape, I have raised more than $2000 for cancer research and I have learned a great deal about podcasting and using the internet in a fun and exciting way.
I hope you have enjoyed my podcasts. I have done nine of them. They have been fun to make and I have, I think, done a much better job of sharing my passion for this cause than I might have done otherwise.
It takes about one hour to make one minute of video. And that doesn’t count the wait time for uploading, processing, downloading and writing. I have probably devoted two full work weeks in the early mornings before my family awoke, over my lunch hours and the late evenings putting these together. With all that is left to do, the training, fundraising and thanking of my supporters along with the rapidly approaching holidays, I have decided to cancel my podcast series. I know a few of you have watched them each week, but when I looked at the time they took to make, it just wasn’t a good “business” decision for me to continue. I do plan to be back after the marathon for a wrap-up show.
Until then, thank you for watching, thank you for your kind words of support and thank you for the many contributions.
Wednesday, December 5, 2007
Dear Friend,
In just over a month, I will be lacing up my running shoes for PF Chang’s Rock ‘N’ Roll Marathon with nothing ahead of me but 26.2 miles of roads and the excitement of completing my second marathon for blood cancer research. For the past nearly 20 weeks, I have gone from having to work through a three mile jog through the neighborhood to completing an 18 mile run and still having the will and endurance to run more. It’s been an amazing and truly a fun transition for me personally and being back in “marathon shape” feels incredible.
My goal while training for this marathon has also been to spread the word about the importance of more cancer research and to raise money for that research through the Team in Training program. As part of my dedicationto finding a cure for cancer, I have committed myself to raising a minimum of $3250. To date, I have raised just short of $2000 and have just over $1250 yet to raise. My deadline for completing my fundraising is coming up quickly.
I first want to say a special thank you to everyone who has already contributed to my cause. Your donations and words of encouragement have motivated me through some difficult runs and I expect to refer to them on marathon day around mile twenty three.
With this letter, I am hoping to make the final push to $3250 so that I can complete my fundraising effort and devote the remainder of my time to training. If you have not already joined me in this effort and you still want to help by making a donation, you can click here or mail your contributions to either:
Leukemia and Lymphoma Society
C/O Greg Hill
3460 SW Jardine Terrace
Topeka, KS 66611
-or-
Leukemia and Lymphoma Society
C/O Greg Hill
555 N. Woodlawn Building 1, Suite 113
Wichita, KS 67208
My deadine is December 28th, but I hope that through this email, I can put the finishing touches on my goal in the next week. I thank you for your support. As always, you can follow my progress at http://greghiltnt.blogspot.com.
Most sincerely,
Greg Hill
In just over a month, I will be lacing up my running shoes for PF Chang’s Rock ‘N’ Roll Marathon with nothing ahead of me but 26.2 miles of roads and the excitement of completing my second marathon for blood cancer research. For the past nearly 20 weeks, I have gone from having to work through a three mile jog through the neighborhood to completing an 18 mile run and still having the will and endurance to run more. It’s been an amazing and truly a fun transition for me personally and being back in “marathon shape” feels incredible.
My goal while training for this marathon has also been to spread the word about the importance of more cancer research and to raise money for that research through the Team in Training program. As part of my dedicationto finding a cure for cancer, I have committed myself to raising a minimum of $3250. To date, I have raised just short of $2000 and have just over $1250 yet to raise. My deadline for completing my fundraising is coming up quickly.
I first want to say a special thank you to everyone who has already contributed to my cause. Your donations and words of encouragement have motivated me through some difficult runs and I expect to refer to them on marathon day around mile twenty three.
With this letter, I am hoping to make the final push to $3250 so that I can complete my fundraising effort and devote the remainder of my time to training. If you have not already joined me in this effort and you still want to help by making a donation, you can click here or mail your contributions to either:
Leukemia and Lymphoma Society
C/O Greg Hill
3460 SW Jardine Terrace
Topeka, KS 66611
-or-
Leukemia and Lymphoma Society
C/O Greg Hill
555 N. Woodlawn Building 1, Suite 113
Wichita, KS 67208
My deadine is December 28th, but I hope that through this email, I can put the finishing touches on my goal in the next week. I thank you for your support. As always, you can follow my progress at http://greghiltnt.blogspot.com.
Most sincerely,
Greg Hill
Tuesday, December 4, 2007
Training Update
I just got finished up a four mile run and it felt good. My cold is still bothering me a little, but I think I am about over it. Saturday, I did about 2 1/2 hours on the eliptical trainer so my calves are very tight. Within the next two or three days, I hope to get another podcast out along with another email letter to my friends and supporters.
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