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Okay, buddies... I need some input. There's an all-night walk for suicide awareness and prevention in June in NYC http://www.theovernight.orgBasically the concept is that you raise $1000 and walk all night (from sunset to sunrise) for 18 miles. It looks absolutely awesome and for a multitude of reasons this speaks to me (I'm sure most of you have an idea why at this point). But it's raising $1000 - when I suck at fundraising and walking 18 miles (which I'm really not sure I can do - even in June after months of training.) I actually signed up to do this like 5 years ago and couldn't raise enough so I just gave up. Now that I'm almost TWO YEARS away from the darkness I was living in, I really want do this but I don't want to sign up to flake out again. I also really am not sure if I want to do this alone - and with the distance/fundraising minimum I'm not sure I can get anyone else to join me. So I don't know, I'm really tempted. I feel like it might be the next reasonable step with where I am on my journey but... man, can I do this? Seriously, the most I walk at once is 5-6 miles tops. 18 is a LOT. Part of my brain is screaming "You're insane to even consider this" but this little idea has been tickling the back of my brain for months now and I have to think that it's not going away for a reason. That this is some kind of destiny that the walk is in NYC again THIS year (I live in NJ so I could easily have some kind of cheering section.) Is it even possible for me to be in shape enough to do this come June?
Diet Calendar Entries for 15 February 2011:
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1348 kcal
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Fat: 41.13g | Prot: 80.40g | Carb: 166.33g.
Breakfast: Greek Style Nonfat Yogurt - Pomegranate, laughing cow cheese wedge, everything bagel thin, water. Lunch: Milk (Nonfat), Coffee (Brewed From Grounds), Fried Chicken Club Sandwich. Dinner: Marinara Sauce, Organic Whole Wheat Penne. Snacks/Other: No Calorie Sweetener, Green Tea, Coffee with Skim Milk. more...
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2968 kcal
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Activities & Exercise:
Walking (slow) - 2/mph - 2 hours, Housework - 30 minutes, Driving - 15 minutes, Sleeping - 8 hours, Resting - 13 hours and 15 minutes. more...
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I think you could do it physically for sure. You'd have to really train for it, but I think you can if you're dedicated. The money is harder. It would be very dependent upon the people you can reach. 10 people @ $100... You can do it! Attach some kind of moving personal story. I will donate to you if you do decide to do it. It sounds like a really good experience!
14 Feb 11 by member: k8yk
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Thanks, Kate. They do have golf carts or whatever that pick people up so I don't actually have to walk the full thing (although I'd really like to be able to do at the very least 12 miles of it.) I guess I'm more worried about how to raise the money. Most of my friends are unemployed/broke right now. Although part of me thinks that if I contacted the student paper and various alumni organizations (I go to Rutgers) I might get some help raising the money that way (Tyler Clementi is still fresh on everyone's mind after he jumped off the GWB in the fall.) *shrug* Need to think some more about it.
14 Feb 11 by member: suechru
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Okay, that's it. I'm doing it! I'm starting a Rutgers team because I need to be the change I want to see in the world
15 Feb 11 by member: suechru
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That's the spirit! And it gives you something to focus on, which you've said you need to function well :)
15 Feb 11 by member: k8yk
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Yay! Use all of your internet connections to raise the money, too. Shill it around here, Facebook, whatever other social sites you use. You can do it! :)
15 Feb 11 by member: jessie1326
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Thanks, I finally had the guts to get on the scale this morning and I gained 8lbs since the start of the year. Not happy about that, I need an excuse to go exercise because I got so huge being unemployed in the first place.
15 Feb 11 by member: suechru
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