Last night was the official kick-off to Team in Training's Spring 2010 Season. And it was totally insane. And awesome.
Celeste will provide you with additional coverage but the below video pretty accurately sums up our initial feelings. It's a ten-second clip and you'd better watch till the very end.
I think you'll agree that it's all about the facial expression at the end. That, and the blue nail polish.
Celeste and I showed up to a big event space in Murray Hill where what appeared to be a couple hundred future marathoners and triathletes gathered together for a night of inspiration, celebration, and maybe a little bit of anxiety. The Team in Training staff did an incredible job of introducing administrators, coaches, captains, and getting everyone pumped up for training. The support system they provide for all athletes is really something. Each runner is assigned a mentor, a go-to coach, and a race coordinator.
Celeste and I wasted no time in getting to know our mentor, Stephanie. She may or may not have been weirded out by us being the only people taking pictures and videotaping the event. Either way, she agreed to pose for this ultra-closeup. She's training on our team as well and loyal bloggers will get to know her well, I'm sure. Over the course of the next six months, I know we'll become better runners and I can only hope we'll become better photographers.
Most importantly, Celeste and I now have our fundraising pages set up. As runners with Team in Training, we are raising money for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, an outstanding national organization dedicated to eradicating blood cancers. As we train more, so too will we learn more about the work of the LLS and about developments in cancer research. Celeste and I need your help to raise money for this most worthy cause. My web page can be viewed here and Celeste's can be viewed here. I hope you'll consider contributing to the LLS; as I say on my page, we thank you for believing in us and for believing in a cure.
To wrap it up, here are two parting shots:
Stephanie took this picture. At this point, she wasn't that weirded out.
Celeste posing with her baller new running shirt.
At our post kick-off dinner at the diner across the street. Obvi.
Till next time,
Scott
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