- M
Hi everyone,
I'm used to not asking for help. I want to think I can do everything by myself - or, more to the point, I guess I've always been afraid that people don't want to help.
It's one thing to ask for funds to help people in Africa have clean water for life. This is a cause I believe in and will continue to support the rest of my life. But it's a completely foreign concept to me to ask all of you to help me specifically. Even so, many of you have suggested this route. So we'll see what comes of it.
I began training with Team World Vision back in 2007 to bring clean water to the poorest of the poor in Africa. And to date, you guys have helped me raise probably somewhere on the order of $15,000+ ... don't quote me on this, as I don't have hard numbers, but given that I've been doing it for 9 years there's a pretty good chance that's about right.
Endurance racing has become an unexpectedly healthy part of my life: finding community, challenging myself physically, emotionally, and mentally. Recently as I've taken on triathlons with TWV, I've run into a number of setbacks.
* August 2014: Before my first Half Ironman, I had strained my hip flexor the weekend before and was unable to make it to the race.
* August 2014: A few weeks later, I tried to bike outside and crashed ... twice, ended up in the hospital thankfully with nothing broken or concussed.
* November 2014 - March 2015: Chiropractic / physical therapy for remnant back and hip issues, at the same time freaking out about the FULL Ironman I had signed myself up for.
A few weeks ago, as soon as I started feeling good having recovered from my previous injuries and in the middle of Ironman training, I decided to take the bike out and conquer some mental barriers keeping me from riding outdoors. I had strapped my bike to the rack before. I had taken it out across state lines and further than I was taking it than I was planning on driving on May 2. However, as soon as I passed the O'Hare exit on I-90, I looked back and saw my bike fly off my trunk rack.
I was done mentally for a while. Thankfully, the week after was scaled back a bit in terms of training. Even with these setbacks, this is something that is important to me. I'm going to keep training. I'm going to finish the Ironman. And that's where you come in!
Triathlon bikes are not cheap unforunately. And while this is completely my fault. I would love your support in this. It's been a long road and your support in bringing clean water to Africa as well as helping me balance out the costs of this bike would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks!
http://www.teamworldvision.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=donorDrive.participant&participantID=6429
I'm used to not asking for help. I want to think I can do everything by myself - or, more to the point, I guess I've always been afraid that people don't want to help.
It's one thing to ask for funds to help people in Africa have clean water for life. This is a cause I believe in and will continue to support the rest of my life. But it's a completely foreign concept to me to ask all of you to help me specifically. Even so, many of you have suggested this route. So we'll see what comes of it.
I began training with Team World Vision back in 2007 to bring clean water to the poorest of the poor in Africa. And to date, you guys have helped me raise probably somewhere on the order of $15,000+ ... don't quote me on this, as I don't have hard numbers, but given that I've been doing it for 9 years there's a pretty good chance that's about right.
Endurance racing has become an unexpectedly healthy part of my life: finding community, challenging myself physically, emotionally, and mentally. Recently as I've taken on triathlons with TWV, I've run into a number of setbacks.
* August 2014: Before my first Half Ironman, I had strained my hip flexor the weekend before and was unable to make it to the race.
* August 2014: A few weeks later, I tried to bike outside and crashed ... twice, ended up in the hospital thankfully with nothing broken or concussed.
* November 2014 - March 2015: Chiropractic / physical therapy for remnant back and hip issues, at the same time freaking out about the FULL Ironman I had signed myself up for.
A few weeks ago, as soon as I started feeling good having recovered from my previous injuries and in the middle of Ironman training, I decided to take the bike out and conquer some mental barriers keeping me from riding outdoors. I had strapped my bike to the rack before. I had taken it out across state lines and further than I was taking it than I was planning on driving on May 2. However, as soon as I passed the O'Hare exit on I-90, I looked back and saw my bike fly off my trunk rack.
I was done mentally for a while. Thankfully, the week after was scaled back a bit in terms of training. Even with these setbacks, this is something that is important to me. I'm going to keep training. I'm going to finish the Ironman. And that's where you come in!
Triathlon bikes are not cheap unforunately. And while this is completely my fault. I would love your support in this. It's been a long road and your support in bringing clean water to Africa as well as helping me balance out the costs of this bike would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks!
http://www.teamworldvision.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=donorDrive.participant&participantID=6429