MARATHON Time!!!

Well, as if school & working almost full time were not enough, I have decided to add another "full time job" to my schedule. I am running the Boston Marathon! Yep, I am doing it. All 26.2 miles. Whew. I am tired just thinking about it. I do need some help, though. Not only with encouraging words, but also with donations. I am running for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. I am honored to have been chosen for this charity. Being a former Bone Marrow Transplant nurse, I saw patients with blood born cancers (leukemia, lymphomas, multiple myeloma, ect) struggle every day, fighting for their lives. The first marathon I ran was because I was so inspired by those patients. Now, in a way, I have a chance to pay them back for inspiring me. I am trying to raise $5000 for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society to help fund research to find a cure! Please, if you can donate anything at all, please do. My training website is...

http://pages.teamintraining.org/ma/boston10/jhartmao6u

Please visit it and donate if you can.

YOU ALSO COULD WIN $900!!!!!

I am also going to have a 50/50 raffle. You can bet on my finishing time by emailing me or clicking on this link

http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0AqDgpBAfro94dHAyVFAzNE1hUWNucjJrNEpSeU9yZHc&hl=en

and promising to donate $25. In the email, include the time in which you think I will finish. You can bet on times with in one minute.

To give you all some idea, I finished my first marathon in 5 hours and 9 minutes. My second marathon in 5 hours, 8 minutes & 45 seconds! (HAD to be the previous time! ha ha!)

I do think I have gotten a bit faster though. I did two 1/2 marathons this summer and my times were

Providence 1/2 Marathon 2 hours, 21 minutes, 22 seconds

&

Heart Break Hill 1/2 : 2 hours, 16 minutes 27 seconds

By this pace I would finish in approx 4 1/2- 4hrs 4 minutes. SO, there is a lot of room for guessing!!

So, if you want to bet that I will finish in 5 hours, 7 minutes--email me that time, with your promise to donate $25. Or click on the link above, and put your name and email in. If I finish in 5 hours, 7 minutes and 59seconds--YOU WIN 50% OF THE POT! If you want, you are welcome to bet on more than one time (with an additional donation of course). Once you have spoken for a time, please send me $25 via check through the post office. Once I have your bet & email, I will send you my address. Also, if I finish before 4 hours 10 minutes (wishful thinking) or after 5 hours 30 minutes--the person whose guess was closest will get the 1/2 the pot.

After crossing the finish line, the person closest to my actual time will recieve 50% of the "pot" and the other 50% will go to Leukemia & Lymphoma. There is no way to really do this online, so I will need to collect your money via mail through a check--which is also how I will pay the winner 1/2 the pot. SO--email me at jjolson4120@gmail.com with your guess and your promise to donate.

Or click on

http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0AqDgpBAfro94dHAyVFAzNE1hUWNucjJrNEpSeU9yZHc&hl=en

to see what is available and sign up for yourself!

I will be taking the bets on a first come first serve basis.

If all the times are taken & everyone sends me their $25, 1/2 the pot works out to be over $900!

A picture from my 2nd marathon.

Other exciting news: THis is where we are going for spring break! It has been a while since we have taken a trip together, so HONDURAS it is! We are going to Roatan, an island off the main land. So, so excited. We booked our tickets last night. I think I am going to need a break! What do you think?