Happy new year everybody!
Not only is there now less than four months to go until this marathon, there are, in fact, precisely 100 days until the big day itself. What am I feeling? Other than the keys on my computer's keyboard? A bit apprehensive. 100 days seems so far away, and yet so close. You would think it would be easier to do the marathon the second time round but there is pressure to do it better this time and I'm quite confident that I can complete it faster and raise more money, but it won't be easy. Wouldn't be interesting if it were so simple. I'm also paranoid about injuring myself all over again. As you may recall, last year I hurt my achilles tendon just a month before the marathon, and this threatened to undo all my hard work. I'd hate for that to happen again. I want to put in all the training effort but I need to be careful not to overdo it or make any awkward movements. And definitely don't fall over again! Fortunately, the last two weeks of running have been trip-free and my bruises (see previous entry) have almost gone now.
With it being a mere hundred days until I torture myself once again in the name of charity, I have begun asking for sponsorship at work. It is probably still too early to ask, but really, it's never too early. Every little helps. From experience, the sponsorship money doesn't really start coming in until late February. In March and in April is when it all comes, when the marathon is starting to be talked about publicly and making the news.
I'm hoping now that I have made myself more known in the department that I work, there will be increased opportunities for sponsorship. I'll need to be quite persistent if I am to raise all the money that I need. I will have to be a bit cheeky; I need a bit of chutzpah. After all, it's for a good cause. Sometimes you have to badger and pester people a bit. Asking for donations alone may not be enough, so I have been thinking about holding an event of some sort - perhaps a quiz evening with a raffle. I can write the questions myself and charge a certain amount to people attending - with all the proceeds going towards my marathon fundraising. What else? Maybe I could bake a few cakes and charge my friends and colleagues for a slice - with all the proceeds going towards my marathon fundraising. Or perhaps I could do a sponsored kissogram. On second thoughts, I think people would pay me money NOT to kiss them. Anybody here have any better ideas for raising more money?
