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Rebekah Jordan is running in the 2007 LA AIDS Marathon
Lynne:
An excerpt from an email I received from Rebekah! "Woohoo!", indeed!
"Saturday we did 17 miles. I can't believe I did it. I am going to write a new blog later today and post to your message board hopefully as well (finally!) It's getting hard making the time to train properly and doing that balancing act that is life. So I'm really glad I haven't gotten injured. But there just aren't enough hours in the day anymore!
You'll be glad to know I'm only $100 away from the fundraising goal/minimum. Woohoo!"
For people living in the LA area, her band is playing their final show of the year on Thursday, December 7 (flyer attached).
Thanks for your support,
Lynne
Lynne:
(Another update from Rebekah - bold and font color are mine :) ) I am SO proud of her!
Hi Friends and Sponsors! Here's my every so often marathon training update. This past Saturday we did...drum roll please....17 Miles!..in a row!...non-stop! Stop the presses, call CNN! Isn't this more newsworthy than Lindsay Lohan going to AA Meetings? (Yes that made the papers...which certainly takes the "anonymous" out of Alcoholics Anonymous, but I digress) Okay, back to the accomplishment at hand...
17 Miles...can you believe it?? I can't believe it either. In fact, shortly thereafter, I think I went into some sort of weird shock. I was fine at first. I hung out with some of the other runners at our little meeting site, eating peanut butter and jelly squares and basking in our after run glory. I was totally (and surprisingly) fine. And then I got in my car. Suddenly, I was completely delusional driving home. My apologies to anyone else on the road that day, yes that was me you were honking at. And once I got home, I had the worst pain in my hip, I seriously felt a newfound appreciation for my grandmother. I would have given anything for a walker. Walking, sitting, breathing... it was all painful. I got chills and then I felt hot and feverish. I was light-headed and had a headache. And then for some unknown reason I cried for about 5 minutes. Eventually I fell asleep. And what a sleep it was.
Now all my pain has been replaced with what can only be described as an extended euphoric runner's high not only because I accomplished 17 miles, which is about 15 miles more than I would have ever imagined doing (and now only 9.2 miles less than the actual Marathon of 26.2!) but also because...another drum roll maestro...I'm only $100 shy of the fundraising goal!!!
That's right! Thanks to all your generosity, I have raised almost $1400 to help people living with AIDS!! Woohoo! **do happy dance, insert big band, ed mcmahon with confetti here**
Your donations and encouraging messages really helped me through the run on Saturday. In fact, I am convinced it was your support that kept me going at miles 13, 14, and 15. My body was trying to pull a mutiny. But my heart thought of all of you, and of all the people we are potentially helping...men, women and children, many of whom have no one to turn to. And I kept on. And I did not quit. So now here we are, the marathon is 3 months, 9.2 miles, and $100 in donations away.
I'm ready if you are. I can and will finish, with your help. Shall we?
http://aidsmarathon.com/participant.asp?runner=LA-2411&EventCode=LA07
HERE TO GET ME TO THE FINISH LINE!
Guess who's coming to dinner in 2 weeks? 20 Miles!! I'll write more then.
Oh and for those of you in L.A., come say hi and share a song this Thursday night, December 7th. Its our final show of the year at Genghis Cohen at 8pm (genghiscohen.com)
Love, love, love,
Rebekah
myspace.com/rebekahjordan
myspace.com/dreamingferns
Lumière:
Wow Lynne - Thanks so much for all these updates!
I haven't been to Rebekah's blog in a while .. I got some catching up to do.
Thanks for the updates ..
I have this idea of throwing little parties at my place every so often, invite some friends and raise some money to donate for this cause. I am going to do that for my birthday next year, instead of gifts for me, they can bring a little donation. I hope I can have the first of these in January .. I am looking forward to it. :)
You are right . any little bit helps!
Lynne:
--- Quote from: Lucise on December 05, 2006, 02:41:25 pm ---I have this idea of throwing little parties at my place every so often, invite some friends and raise some money to donate for this cause. I am going to do that for my birthday next year, instead of gifts for me, they can bring a little donation. I hope I can have the first of these in January .. I am looking forward to it. :)
You are right . any little bit helps!
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Milli,
You are most welcome! I think that's a terrific idea! You're really onto something there. I'm not a fan of XMess (adrian.delmar's word) for a long list of reasons, so I usually try to do something helpful during the season. But there's typically a dearth of volunteers, etc...the rest of the calendar year. So here's to me finding a way to make myself useful in April this year also!
Lynne
Br. Patrick:
--- Quote from: Lynne on October 02, 2006, 12:04:43 am ---So, this week while I was spending $$$ at amazon.com buying things I didn't really need like the sheet music to Brokeback Mountain, an unrated copy of Latter Days (and its score), the Donnie Darko score (well, you get the picture)....
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Hey Lynne, I have the sheet music for Brokeback Mountain too! I was really disapointed that it didn't include any of Gustavo's instrumentals. I can read the treble clef and I play the keyboards by ear. Chords, etc. My goal with this sheet music is to learn the Bass Clef especially for my THEME SONG, "The Maker Makes". I await "Latter Days". I need more exercise too! I have Media Center 2005 on my PC and I remote control everything from my bed. Not the best place to lose weight!!
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