Posts Tagged ‘Dallas White Rock Marathon’
My (non) Personal Record
In: Christina's Blog
6 Dec 2010Yesterday, I crossed the finish line of the Dallas White Rock Half Marathon with a finishing time of 2 hours and 42 minutes . Hmmm… last year, I finished the same race in 2 hours, 26 minutes. Looks as though I’ve added about 16 minutes to my finishing time in the last year! Ouch! If [...]
Fall 2010 Thank You…. !!!!
In: Fall 2010 Events
6 Dec 2010Miles4Kids would like to take a quick moment to thank the many people who helped us raise $2750 worth of baby items for our Fall, 2010 event for Kansas Children’s Service League. If you know anyone on this list, please leave a comment and thank them for supporting child abuse prevention programs and Miles4Kids. Thank [...]
We are getting closer!!!
30 Nov 2010Quick update….we received an online donation of $100 today!! We have now raised $2220 worth of baby items for KCSL’s Healthy Families program. We only have $380 more to go to reach our goal. If you would like to sponsor our December 5th half marathon with a donation, please click the “donate” button on our [...]
Catching Up
9 Nov 2010It’s hard to believe that the last Miles4Kids blog was on 10/20/10. I thought since it’s been a while since I’ve posted a blog, I would use this time to catch up what’s been going on with Jerry and I personally,our fundraising update and I’ll discuss my training obstacles. Personal. Jerry and I finally put [...]
We are training to run 26.2 miles in the Dallas White Rock Marathon to raise $2600 worth of baby items to help familes of the Healthy Families Program. You can help us by sponsoring our run with any of the following baby items: diapers, formula, gently used baby clothes (up to 2T) or gift cards from Target [...]
I would like to thank…..
In: Christina's Blog
12 Jul 2010In the later part of April, I took what I thought was a well-deserved break from training. After all, I had completed two half marathons since December 2009, and just completed the Miles4Kids fitness challenge. Didn’t I deserve a break? Well, I thought so. This break was only going to last a week–guess what, it didn’t. And what followed horrified me. [...]
Miles4Kids 26.2 Challenge
In: Fall 2010 Events
12 Jul 2010Phase 1 (the mileage build up phase) of the 26.2 challenge will be over in 21 days— and then the REAL work begins. August 2, 2010 Miles4Kids will begin the second phase of the 26.2 challenge. This will entail 18 weeks of training for the Dallas White Rock Marathon, while continuing to raise awareness on [...]
Fast Facts on Food
23 Jun 2010http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/34276015/vp/37861435#37861435 http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/34276015/vp/37861435#37837456 Two interesting video clips on nutrition. Fast facts on weight: 1) 70% of Americans are overweight 2) Plate size has increase from 9″ to 12″ which equals to 33% more food we put on our plate 3) In the 1960′s the average male weighed 166 lbs and the average woman weighed 140 lbs–now [...]
Christina’s Blog – Phase 1 of the 26.2 Challenge
In: Christina's Blog
5 Jun 2010Tomorrow I begin the mileage build-up phase of our training for the Miles4Kids 26.2 Challenge. The training starts out fairly easy but the most difficult part (for me) will be not skipping runs. So….will you be following my blogs/posts to see if I am sticking to my training schedule? I would love to hear from you too during this time! So [...]
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- Tamara: I can't believe how many people are abused out there. It's a horrible thing. We got to speak out and [...]
- Christina: Wow, you've had a lot of life changing events this week. You've done well and are adjusting as much [...]
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Jerry’s DailyMile
Last Run
26.2 mi
04:38 /10:35 pace
pouring rain, windy and cold - the whole time. Well, no training runs in the rain - and the marathon in the rain, what a deal! posted 384 days ago
- Week Miles
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- 2012 Miles
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- Total Miles
- 811 mi
Christina’s DailyMile
Last Run
4.01 mi
00:51 /12:38 pace
This workout is on the verge of being classified a very brisk walk *sigh*. Well I'm struggling with my runs for a few reasons - loss of... posted 2 days ago
- Week Miles
- 12 mi
- 2012 Miles
- 267 mi
- Total Miles
- 1613 mi
Christina’s Blog – Just One More Mile…
