Building the Team

I have to say I'm pretty excited at the response I've been getting. I've had a few friends tell me that they want to support our cause financially. And I've had a few friends who want to join in the actual walk! If I'm counting right including Kris and myself, we are up to nine walkers! Plus several "thinking about its!" To drill one well, the cost is $4,800. We are already at the level where each of us will only need to raise $534! Now if each person who has decided to walk does their own 'recruiting' of walkers....you get the picture. How many wells can we supply?

For those of you who may have missed the first email go'round. Here's the details. If you did get it, you might want to skip this part.

My very good friend Kris had registered to walk a half marathon in Tacoma on May 10. She was trying to convince me to walk it with her. Honestly, I wasn't really too excited about the idea. When she mentioned that we could do it for a cause, any cause of our choosing, that got me thinking. Evidently my own health isn't cause enough! For the past several years, I have watched a tv show on Christian television called Life Today. The hosts are James and Betty Robison. It's sort of like a Christian talk show....they have guests, bible teaching, etc. At the end of each show, James does what he humbly calls begging. They raise money for a few very worthy causes. The one that for some reason captivates me is for the one that raises funds for people who are basically dying for lack of water. This blows my mind. I happen to be one of the not so bright people that don't even drink water unless it's in coffee. That will obviously have to change. Anyway,when I pay myself from Cookie Lee earnings, Life Today is who I tithe to. Which, long story not so short, led to me deciding to walk this thing! Kris and I have formed a team, Team Living Water, and that's where we are today!

Training officially begins for me January 7 but I'm going to try and get some pre-training in beginning next Monday. If you'd like to join me, here are some helpful links. You can check out our cause at www.lifetoday.org. The marathon itself at www.tacomacitymarathon.com. It's the 1/2 marathon we're doing. And the training schedule can be viewed (or followed; hint hint) at www.jeffgalloway.com/training/half_marathon.html. Anywhere it says run, substitute it for walk and for me, I'll be training on Saturdays instead of Sundays. For obvious reasons, we will have to pretty much train individually but we are going to try and come together on some of the Saturday workouts.

I hope you'll join me! The early bird registration is $45 and that price lasts until December 31. Don't let the weather scare you. You just might see me at the mall. Walking, not shopping :) Well, maybe a little bit of shopping.

Let's do this thing, shall we?

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