BOSTON or bust!

So it's official! I paid my $300 rego, I am heading to Boston for the 2013 Marathon!!

Wakes Me and PR from the hash hooked my up with thier charity group, the Michael Lisnow Respite Center, I just have to raise $4000.oo to go. I set up my account and have bee spreading the word, 1 week in and I have raised $380.oo! I was prepared to pay the entire amount myself.
What a wonderful charity and what an amazing opportunity. Running the Boston Marathon is a lifelong dream of mine, I would pay TEN thousand to run it. I feel incredibly honored to have this spot. I am more motivated than ever now that I know others are counting on me. How incredible would it be to qualify for Boston, IN Boston!?

To up the awesome, the Rays are playing at Fenway Park the entire weekend! You bet your ass I'm going!
I already bought the travel guide and put in my leave. I am beyond excited!!

My biggest challenge in all this is going to be raising the money. Not that I don't know enough people willing to donate (and we all know I am not short on knowing people with money to spare!!), but I have never been good at asking for help. I hate asking people for money, good cause or not. So I am enlisting some advise from others. Brandon suggested asking the MWR or corporate sponsors. V Voyage suggested hosting a dining out at MacAdoos or another race to raise money. I have put out the website to all my co-workers and on FaceBook. Mom said she was gonna put the site out to her co-workers and on FaceBook. She also said she would ask the Women of the Moose. I got a ceramic piggy bank for my office. I don't think raising the money is the issue, I just have to get over myself and ask.

This is probably one of the coolest things I have ever gotten the opportunity to do, I must have done something right to deserve this!!


http://www.razoo.com/story/Rene-Headley

Boston or Bust!