Monday, May 18, 2009
Wednesday morning group runs
To provide motivation and encouragement, Karla Chestnut and Laurie Williams are considering gathering any interested runners for Wednesday morning group runs starting on Wednesday, May 27, at 7 a.m. Mid-week morning runs for those available and interested will help build community and provide encouragement as the runs get a little longer. Even if people are paced differently, it would be great to start together as a group and finish with people cheering others on. If you are interested, please comment here. Thoughts are that the runs could start from Karla's home (near the CF Rec Center. Karla has mapped out some routes) or from church. If you are interested, please comment below!
Thursday, May 14, 2009
What do you want to hear about?
I would like to hear from you any particular topics or questions that you would like to have covered at the training group on Saturday mornings. Typically we have been sharing information for around 7 to 10 minutes before we start our runs. Some of the questions that I have on my list for the next couple weeks are:
Can what you do with your upper body while your running help or hurt you?
Is there an optimal stride length, heel lift or general running form that is most efficient?
What is the most effective way to prevent chafing?
Hydration, how much, how often, water, or sport drink?
As the run gets longer how important is what I eat the night before and the morning of the run?
How do I treat/prevent/run with blisters?
Don't be afraid to ask questions, little things that normally would not be a concern, can become a big concern when you have to live with it for 26.2 miles.
Can what you do with your upper body while your running help or hurt you?
Is there an optimal stride length, heel lift or general running form that is most efficient?
What is the most effective way to prevent chafing?
Hydration, how much, how often, water, or sport drink?
As the run gets longer how important is what I eat the night before and the morning of the run?
How do I treat/prevent/run with blisters?
Don't be afraid to ask questions, little things that normally would not be a concern, can become a big concern when you have to live with it for 26.2 miles.
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
When you run....
I've heard some people talk about how they have a good time of prayer and communion with God while they run. I really admire that, but I am not one of those people. I need silence and stillness with God, and all I get when I try to have a conversation with God while running is the sound of my panting and my mind constantly flipping back to considering how much further I have to go.
Music seems to be what keeps me going. I am especially fond of something with a good beat...Toby Mac has been a favorite of mine. My brother just recently gave me an ipod shuffle as a present and he loaded it with 480 songs. Since you can't see titles/artists on a shuffle, every song is a surprise. He's put on some good ol' 70's, and has some of his favorites on there for me...Neil Diamond, James Taylor, Nanci Griffith, Creedence Clearwater Revival. Makes me smile and think of him as I sing "Down on the Corner" and the like.
What do you listen to or where do your thoughts most often go while running?
Music seems to be what keeps me going. I am especially fond of something with a good beat...Toby Mac has been a favorite of mine. My brother just recently gave me an ipod shuffle as a present and he loaded it with 480 songs. Since you can't see titles/artists on a shuffle, every song is a surprise. He's put on some good ol' 70's, and has some of his favorites on there for me...Neil Diamond, James Taylor, Nanci Griffith, Creedence Clearwater Revival. Makes me smile and think of him as I sing "Down on the Corner" and the like.
What do you listen to or where do your thoughts most often go while running?
Checks or Cash
I had some family members give me cash and check donations this week, and I wasn't quite sure what to do with them. Up until this point, people had been giving online. So, here's what I now know:
1. You can update your fundraising page by going to the bottom and finding where you edit. On your fundraising page, you will see a place in the bottom right hand corner for offline giving. You can add in what is given to you by people.
2. People should give YOU the checks and make them out to World Vision. You'll then mail them in with a donation form that you can download and print at http://www.worldvision.org/content.nsf/getinvolved/teamwv-checkdonations. Some may give you cash and you'll need to write out the check to send in. Send all check and cash donations to:
World Vision
PO Box 70200
Tacoma, WA 98481-0200
3. You can also just find a lot of frequently asked questions and answers at www.teamworldvision.org/chicagomarathon
Hope this helps!
1. You can update your fundraising page by going to the bottom and finding where you edit. On your fundraising page, you will see a place in the bottom right hand corner for offline giving. You can add in what is given to you by people.
2. People should give YOU the checks and make them out to World Vision. You'll then mail them in with a donation form that you can download and print at http://www.worldvision.org/content.nsf/getinvolved/teamwv-checkdonations. Some may give you cash and you'll need to write out the check to send in. Send all check and cash donations to:
World Vision
PO Box 70200
Tacoma, WA 98481-0200
3. You can also just find a lot of frequently asked questions and answers at www.teamworldvision.org/chicagomarathon
Hope this helps!
Thursday, May 7, 2009
Tell us a story!
How's the training going for you? What are you experiencing? Any tips the rest of us might find helpful? Here's a good news/bad news scenario from my training...this will help put you to ease if you feel particularly early on the journey.
Good News: Yesterday, I was out on our country road for 28 minutes and only walked 2 of those minutes! That's a first for me, as I had been stopping about every 5 minutes to walk a minute up to that point. Bad News: I got in my car to see how far I went and discovered I had only gone 2 miles! That's a pretty slow mile time....nowhere to go but faster and further!
On the bright side, I love the discipline that gets me out there when I would have otherwise blown off exercise in my day, and I love that I can jog (even though it may be ever so slowly) more than a mile without stopping now. I see progress!
Share a story of what you're encountering and enjoying as you train. And watch the video below...it's inspirational!
Good News: Yesterday, I was out on our country road for 28 minutes and only walked 2 of those minutes! That's a first for me, as I had been stopping about every 5 minutes to walk a minute up to that point. Bad News: I got in my car to see how far I went and discovered I had only gone 2 miles! That's a pretty slow mile time....nowhere to go but faster and further!
On the bright side, I love the discipline that gets me out there when I would have otherwise blown off exercise in my day, and I love that I can jog (even though it may be ever so slowly) more than a mile without stopping now. I see progress!
Share a story of what you're encountering and enjoying as you train. And watch the video below...it's inspirational!
Wednesday, May 6, 2009
This is us in 2009!
I thought this was a great and short video to fire you up! Check this out, and then, if you have not yet set a goal for fundraising, prayerfully consider doing that in the next week and listing it on your firstgiving page. We have raised almost $2,000 so far as a team! I would be happy to strategize with you about how to go about fundraising for World Vision. Drop me an email if you want some help. lhoy@orchardhillchurch.org.
Bill Hybels, leader of Willow Creek, just interviewed Richard Stearns, president of World Vision, a few weeks ago and bought 10,000 copies of Stearn's new book The Hole in our Gospel for the Willow congregation. You can check out that interview at http://www.worldvision.org/ and you might even consider buying the book at Amazon.com: The Hole in Our Gospel: What does God expect of Us ...
Tuesday, May 5, 2009
SHOUT 4 Change Run
I'm registering for the SHOUT 5K which is next Saturday, May 16, starting at Sullivan Park (8a.m. registration/9 a.m. run). I'm going to do this in place of our group run that day and maybe run a longer run a different day that week. I'm doing this in support of my friends at SHOUT Ministries as we seek to build friendships and partnership with them. I invite you along that day!
SHOUT Ministries is led by a group of young leaders in East Waterloo. I sit on the board of SHOUT and am a friend/mentor to SHOUT's president, Chassidi Ferguson. SHOUT's mission is to tear down the walls of injustice, hatred, and violence through evangelistic events and outreach. Some of our Orchard Hill friends had the pleasure of traveling to Miami together last October with three of SHOUT's leaders for a conference on Christian Community Development. Our hope and prayer is that God will work through these relationships to do His transformational Kingdom work in our community.
There will be SHOUT 4 Change registration forms/maps out at this Saturday's group run or if you're interested, you can also download the registration form at www.shoutministries.org.
Peace,
Laura Hoy
SHOUT Ministries is led by a group of young leaders in East Waterloo. I sit on the board of SHOUT and am a friend/mentor to SHOUT's president, Chassidi Ferguson. SHOUT's mission is to tear down the walls of injustice, hatred, and violence through evangelistic events and outreach. Some of our Orchard Hill friends had the pleasure of traveling to Miami together last October with three of SHOUT's leaders for a conference on Christian Community Development. Our hope and prayer is that God will work through these relationships to do His transformational Kingdom work in our community.
There will be SHOUT 4 Change registration forms/maps out at this Saturday's group run or if you're interested, you can also download the registration form at www.shoutministries.org.
Peace,
Laura Hoy
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