I made it to the final week of training runs, just two more until the BIG day (Saturday, April 22). It’s been an interesting journey filled with uncertainty, confidence, more uncertainty, more confidence, etc.

Based on recent runs, it looks like it will take me around 40 minutes to complete the 5K (if I can jog the entire route). Given that, it felt like a final training run next Wednesday of 30 minutes might not be enough to make me feel like the whole 5K is doable. So, I upped my run yesterday from 25-30 minutes and will tackle another 30-minute run on Monday and then a 35- minute run on Wednesday. Fingers crossed that’s enough to get me over the finish line.

I’ve put together my run mix playlist to keep me on pace both at the beginning (to keep the adrenaline in check) and at the end to keep me moving! I purchased an arm band holder for my phone even (but haven’t yet figured out how to use it exactly during the run).

When we started, I thought we’d have more participants and fundraisers but perhaps next year when folks see how much fun we all had, we’ll see more takers. It will be great to see all the participants out there, and the volunteers. We now have 120 registrants, a solid number.Sign up today!

Hoping the forecast for Saturday holds…

Just A Few Reasons Why I Accepted this Challenge

A big shout out to everyone who has donated so far in support of our 5K Challenge. If you haven’t supported us yet, now would be a great time as it certainly will help keep us motivated for that 20 minute run coming up this week! Across all platforms, we have raised $3,788 (75%) of our $5K goal.

If you’re really not interested participating in the 5K, you may certainly be a part of our fundraising efforts (and my team of encouragers) by donating. If you’d like to offer me encouragement by supporting MEOW, you may donate via my Facebook or Network for Good fundraising page. Thanks!