this past week, katie and i have been attempting to kick it into high gear. on thursday, katie and i decided we were going to have a balloon pop raffle and it was my brilliant idea to try to have it at chick-fil-a at one of our spirit nights. if each person eats there, fills out a slip of paper, 15% of the profits made for that night at chickfila would go to our cause!! and the raffle would bring in a different amount of money, also so that’d be a double fundraiser! hopefully we’ll host that in the next couple weeks. in preparation for that, katie and i went out to different local businesses and asked them to donate something. on friday, erica came over and drove me to the businesses for a follow up and i talked to every single one of them. it was very nerve-wracking since i’m not the best at public speaker. i ended up getting $25 to posno flowers, and a free bike tune-up, and we also had already gotten a skim board! 

we’re thinking up a bunch of fundraisers, they’re on my fundraising page: http://pages.teamintraining.org/sun/nikesf08/hpierson

and here:

• Balloon pop raffle at Chick-fil-A Spirit Night- TBD
• Another yard sale (in St. Pete if you’d like to donate your things/money)- August 23rd
• Fundraiser tables set up at First Night- in Gulfport, August 1st
• We’re also helping at the Top Dog Triathalon at Ft. DeSoto- August 2nd, 5:45-10 AM
• Rays game (selling snacks with other Team in Training people)- TBD
• Donation table set up at Physical Night at St. Pete High School on August 21st
• Host a long run at my house (directed at cross country team, but everyone welcome)- August 16th

• Recommitment Day is August 8th- This is our first deadline, and we need to each have $1050 in our accounts by then. PLEASE consider this date, and donate? )

today we ran 8 miles at eddie moore. it was a pretty decent run. actually, i didn’t even realize how far we were going because it was a new setting and that distracted me. it was shady, and right near the water (clearwater/safety harbor). we were scheduled to do 9 miles, but we thought that it wasn’t a smart idea, and i’m not sure if i could’ve done that. but 8 miles, not to shabby! right now we’re both working on setting up these fundraisers and thank you notes and such. august 8th is in 2 weeks, but with the processing time it feels like only one!! i really don’t think i’m going to make recommitment unless people have decided that they want to be really nice. i really hope my parents allow me to put the balance on our credit cards, and with all these fundraisers, we will pay them back ASAP.

katie and i estimated that how much we’d make between these fundraisers (probably all in August) and it’d be from 900-1350 each, but we HOPE that we’re estimating low, and more people will surprise us. that leaves us september to get another 1000 each. katie says we can do this. right now, i’m losing hope, though i am motivated to the maxx. (yes, i meant to do to x’s). anyway, i have a list of things i need to do on monday, and i CAN’T FORGET. lol. i tend do to that. but now that volunteering is over, i’m not focused on something else and it is my main priority!

wish me luck & come out and support me!!
(a worried) Hilaryyyy

happy 4th of july, everyone!

I’m proud of myself!

last week, i kicked up my exercise schedule into high gear. i felt that i had slacked since the last 5k (midnight run) on thursday. i definitely can feel my metabolism being boosted from last week, because i’m more hungry that usual. when xc ended in november, and my friends and i stopped running as much, we all felt less hungry during the day and we think it’s because of our sudden lack of running.

anyway, my schedule went like this:

monday 7/7

•  XC- ran 3 miles 

well, i just felt like an update was necessary since i guess i’ve designated mondays as my TNT work days. haha.