Anyone waiting to hear if they got into the NYC Marathon?

[dumbo_buddy]

Do mind me asking you what you did to raise the money? I'm doing that next year if I don't get in again and am trying to see what's out there now for ideas if it comes up.

i didn't do any fundraisers or anything like that. i was prepared to do some bake sales, etc but it never came to that! the american cancer society (and i think pretty much all of them) gives you a fundraising webpage that you can customize and personalize. i talked about why i was raising money, etc. i sent emails out to pretty much everyone i know. are you on facebook? put it on your facebook. like, alot. people need to be reminded of it b/c they won't remember if you just put it once or twice. i would post it every couple of days and add something like, "i did a 16 mile run!" so people would know i was serious!

do you work? email all of your co-workers. does your company offer gift matching? remind your co-workers to fill out what they need to to get the gift match. my company matched many contributions.

ask all of your local merchants. like, i walked into my dry cleaners and he said, "hey nancy what's up?" and i said, "how about a donation to beat cancer?" lol. hair dresser, meat guy, produce guy (i live in the bx where people still have their "guys"). flyers up around your neighborhood and in mailboxes.

you can definitely do it and it's a great way to race - doing it for a cause

 

[John VN]

Great news for the lucky ones and try-try again for the others.

I'm in the lottery for the 2014 KONA Ironman World Championship. Drawing date is INCOME TAX DAY and I think I'm one of the few people in the USA looking forward to Tax Day.

McFlurry John

You-all enjoy your races now, ya hear.

 

[RnbwSktles]

i didn't do any fundraisers or anything like that. i was prepared to do some bake sales, etc but it never came to that! the american cancer society (and i think pretty much all of them) gives you a fundraising webpage that you can customize and personalize. i talked about why i was raising money, etc. i sent emails out to pretty much everyone i know. are you on facebook? put it on your facebook. like, alot. people need to be reminded of it b/c they won't remember if you just put it once or twice. i would post it every couple of days and add something like, "i did a 16 mile run!" so people would know i was serious!

do you work? email all of your co-workers. does your company offer gift matching? remind your co-workers to fill out what they need to to get the gift match. my company matched many contributions.

ask all of your local merchants. like, i walked into my dry cleaners and he said, "hey nancy what's up?" and i said, "how about a donation to beat cancer?" lol. hair dresser, meat guy, produce guy (i live in the bx where people still have their "guys"). flyers up around your neighborhood and in mailboxes.

you can definitely do it and it's a great way to race - doing it for a cause

You make it sound so easy! haha

I started feeling people out yesterday and I got 2 friends to say they would contribute a total of $150. My company consists of a grand total of 3 people, so even if the other 2 help, it's not much!

 

[lifeasiseeit]

Guess you could check the finisher results and see if "he" finished???

It's more of an avoidance issue. He figured out all of the races that I've run previously (thanks a lot athlinks) and knows my habits when it comes to which races I'll run so he knows which new races I'm likely to run so he registers for those as well. Then searches me out at the races. It's...annoying and a little creepy. I've cut off all contact, and as far as he knows I'm never running another marathon, so at least he won't be seeking me out - and the chances of randomly running into each other is basically zero. I was just trying to figure out if I needed to be on alert.