Recommitment to Team in Training

This week was a big deadline in the Team in Training program. Everyone was asked to recommit to the team and ensure that each will raise the fundraising minimum. Dave was right on board and will send in his recommitment papers this week. He was recognized at the training meeting last weekend as the first one in his group to reach the fundraising minimum. That is thanks to all of you! We are still hoping to reach Dave's personal goal of $5000 by the end of November. Our last batch of letters are starting to see results and the teachers at the kids' school were very generous. We hope to talk about TNT at a few churches over the next few weeks, including Dave's Dad's church. We have been eating all the orange and black M&Ms out of the Halloween bags so we can use the green and purple ones to make cookies with the Team colors.

Dave did his long training run on Saturday with the TNT group. He finished a quick 11 and beat us to Lucas' soccer game. We had a pretty packed weekend, so I did my long run Monday morning. I was out on Grant's Trail for my 11. I got a chance to do the other end of the trail that I normally don't run. It's daunting to think that in a few weeks I'll be running the entire trail, beginning to end, 16 miles (yikes!). The other big running news in our lives is the Read, Right and Run Marathon. I'm heading up the team for the kids' school. They and their classmates will be running 26 miles, reading 26 books and doing 26 good deeds over the next six months. I'm going to be helping organize and offering coaching for training runs after school and community service projects at the school. The official start date is Oct. 15th, so I'll let you know the status of their building mileage as well.

We hit a huge milestone this week: less than 100 days until the race!!!