No Lottery, More Fundraising

Screenshot from NYC Marathon's Website

Well, I was not selected for the NYC Marathon's lottery so I will now need to raise that full goal of $3400 to run in November. I can do this (I hope).

Please consider donating to the American Cancer Society.

Fundraising Efforts

So to help with my fundraising for ACS, I reached out to a local brewery to see if I could host a charity Bingo on a day they weren't doing Quizzo. The response I received was a form letter saying they were not currently accepting reservations for private parties.

Arg... It wasn't for a private party which makes me think they didn't even read my request. Form submission=form response?

I'm going to try and reach out on person. See if that helps 

One Lottery Down, One to Go

Well, I was selected for the Broad Street Run lottery which means year four is a go. 

I'm still waiting to hear from NYC Marathon who will do their drawing on February 26th.

When getting lost leads to an adventure

The map showing the part of Henry that caused
my detour this week.

Right now, my goal is I will do one longer run per week. Depending on the weather it will either be Saturday or Sunday morning. Yesterday, I went for a run when I ended up on a slight adventure. Let me explain.

I started as usual, heading towards Main Street. I then turned uphill to reach Ridge. Once on Ridge, I obviously went farther than I normally do and turned towards Henry at Gorgas Park. The problem started here. I didn't realize that Henry didn't have sidewalks the entire way. Yikes.

So after about a block of running really close to the edge of the bike lane, as far from cars as I could get. I turned back towards Ridge. I figured I could do a jug handle type of path and end up further down Henry where sidewalks existed. Turns out I was right, but it wasn't a straight path.

Random horse in
urban Philadelphia.

Green Lane seems to curve downhill and back uphill, going UNDER Henry before returning to Henry. I had no idea where I was and started to worry that I was heading towards Forbidden Drive and would end up way farther from my destination. I was getting ready to turn around when I saw a guy parking his car. After he confirmed that I'd end up back on Henry, I kept going. I've lived here for ten years, and this was the first time I saw this area of Roxborough. I knew that Forbidden Drive and parts of Fairmount Park had signs designating which paths allowed horseback, but I'd never seen something like this. While running, I passed a house with a single horse fenced in. This was less than a block from an entrance to the park.

Sometimes getting lost can lead to the most amazing experiences. Since I had my phone with maps, I knew I'd eventually get home. If I was too far away, I'd just request a Lyft. See, happy ending!

Planning a Trip and Including a 5K

Next month, I will be flying across datelines to attend a conference in Sydney Australia [insert happy screams]. The conference is going to be jam packed, but I decided to make sure I run at least once during the week.

With that in mind, I mapped out a 5K loop that will start at the hotel, go out to the water and past the Sydney Opera House, before cutting through the Botanical Gardens (hopefully it's open to the public), and returning back to the hotel. My plan is to run Friday morning. The conference ends Thursday night, and my flight home is Friday at 1pm so we'll be leaving the hotel around 10am. If I wake up and run, I can be back at the hotel with enough time to finish getting ready for the 27 hour flight home. Then I'll sleep on the plane. See, it'll work. Right?

Proposed 5K in Sydney

It's not too cold to run... Seriously, what happened to the winter?

Running on Ridge Ave.

It's crazy that we're in the middle of February and yet, last night it was in the fifty's when I went for a run.

So this week has had a few interesting things happen.

1. I thought I was getting guaranteed entry for the Broad Street Run but it turns out they canceled team registration this year. So I entered the lottery (fingers crossed).
2. I entered the lottery for the NYC Marathon 2020 (fingers double crossed).
3. I joined Team DetermiNATION for the NYC Marathon. If I get a bib through the lottery, the fundraising goal is $1000. If I don't get a bib through the lottery, the fundraising goal is $3400. 

If you would like to donate to the American Cancer Society to help me reach the fundraising goals, here is my personal link. http://main.acsevents.org/goto/corifrede

You can also donate through the Facebook Fundraiser page I setup. This fundraiser connects to my ACS page as well.

Thank you!