Be a Part of the First Annual Battle Blood Cancer Raffle

You have a chance to win some great prizes!
Go to my fundraising web site:
http://pages.teamintraining.org/md/balt11/twatkin6sl
and make your donation, leave a comment, and I will send you tickets!
1 for $10 and 3 for $25!
Join the battle today!

The Silent Mile

This past Saturday, I participated in the state-wide training event at Centennial Park in Columbia MD. It was a great time and I got to see old friends on the hiking and walking teams from previous years. I made a new friend... Paul who was my walking partner for our first 6 mile training of the season.

The TNT coaching team had arranged something new for this event... The silent mile. Basically there were volunteers lined up over the first mile of training to hold up posters to show who we are fighting for... And during that mile we were to walk, ride, or run without music and without talking to reflect on what we do and why. It was a very touching thing. I found myself thinking of my dad and wishing that I had had the strength to make a poster for him. I was sad for all the little kids that were going through this fight. Sad for all those that had lost loved ones to the battle. It was a sobering mile of training.

After that, Paul and I got to know each other over the remaining five miles of the course. We weren't all that fast this week, but in my defense....it was really hot :-P I'll make it up next week!

Training and Fundraising

I know, I know... I've been quite silent these past few weeks. But I really have been training :-) I have posted a picture of my 6/18 long, slow day at the Loch Raven Reservoir! I have been doing 4 miles each Saturday in June and looking forward to my first 6 mile walk of the season this weekend! I have gotten my time down a bit -- 17:43 min/mile today. We shall see if I can shave a few more minutes off that time!

So in addition to training I've been working on a few fundraisers. The one I am posting today is an LLS-wide event! You know what they say, you gotta play to win! And in this Drive for a Cure Raffle you can support LLS and get a chance to win a new car. Check out the details below:

LLS - wide Drive for a Cure Raffle!

Looking for a way to help cure cancer AND win BIG?! For just $250 a ticket, you can enter to win a 2011 LEXUS GS 350 AWD! There will only be 300 tickets sold so these are GREAT odds! If you buy a ticket, please make sure to mention my name (Tyleach Watkins) as the seller and send me an email to watkins.t.s@gmail.com and I will get $125 credit towards my fundraising goal. And you have the possibility of driving away with a 2011 Lexus or walking away with $30,000 in cash! Buy your ticket today at
http://mdc.lls.llsevent.org/sizzle.golf.