angledge | Feb. 20th, 2010

hotpantsgalore is out training right now, doing a bike ride with her team. It's about two months until her triathlon, & she's really getting serious about the training. Her arms are showing the effects of two swim workouts a week, & her legs - my God, her legs - are getting stronger & stronger from all the biking & running.

However, she still bitches about getting out of bed EVERY SINGLE MORNING.

The fundraising side of this whole project is causing me immense amounts of heartburn. When I did my triathlon back in 2006, I also remember sweating about the dollars. The reason for this is that when you sign up with Team in Training, you promise that if you can't raise the minimum required amount, you will pay the difference yourself.

In HPG's case, her minimum is $3,600. So far, she's raised exactly $1,721.18. A little quick math tells me that we have $1,878.82 left to raise -- or, we've got to pay it ourselves. Gulp.

I think that we both underestimated just how difficult fundraising was going to be in the current economic climate. Also, I think that a lot of people gave money to Haiti, & are still feeling tapped out. I know I've asked my LJ friends for money many times on behalf of Team in Training & the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, but I'm going to ask again. I'll probably keep asking until cancer is cured. Because even in hard economic times, & even after major natural disasters, the need for money to fight cancer doesn't go away. It doesn't even diminish.

So if you've got $10 to spare. Or better yet, $50. Please visit HPG's webpage & make a donation. It's super-fast, done via a secure server, & the donation is 100% tax-deductible.

Thanks!