Milkshakes and beer, all for a good cause!

If you've been keeping up with this blog (and thank you if you have!), you know that I've put a lot of work into the physical part of my training. I've had my ups and downs, but I'm proud of how I've stuck with it, and how I've been able to keep pushing myself. And I've been seeing the results. I've been consistently swimming longer and longer yardage, setting a new distance record for myself almost every week. This past weekend, I biked 33 miles in 2 hours, meaning my pace was somewhere near 3:40 miles for the whole two hours. It's felt good.

But there's a whole nother aspect to Team in Training that hasn't been so easy for me. The fundraising. No one likes to talk about money, myself included. As a result, the fundraising has been rather difficult for me. I'm getting better at it, and have had a great push in the last two weeks, but I'm still pretty far from my goal. 47% away from my goal to be exact.

To try and close in on this gap, I've got two fundraising events in DC this week that I'm excited to invite you to. They're my favorite kind of fundraising events - ones that involve delicious drinks of 2 different types:

1) Potbelly's Milkshake Fundraiser 8/20/12 - 8/26/12 
Stop by the Potbelly's at 1445 K St, NW (McPherson Square) any day next week and buy a chocolate milkshake (yes, only chocolate). For every chocolate milkshake they sell throughout next week, 50 cents will go directly to LLS. Come early, come often and bring friends and co-workers!

2) Sign of the Whale Fundraiser, 8/23/12
If you are more interested in delicious drinks of another sort, come to Sign of the Whale at 1825 M St on Thursday, August 23, from 6 - 9. A $10 cover will get you $2 rail drinks, select beer, house wine as well as food specials. We'll also have some great raffle prizes. All proceeds from the door and raffle will go directly to LLS! Once again, come early and bring friends and co-workers - the more the merrier!

If you can't make it to either of these events, I hope you'll still consider supporting me and LLS's lifesaving research. Thank you again for your support, and I hope to see you at Sign of the Whale this week!