Category: Running

Quick Update on our fundraising efforts to support The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society and cancer research:

 Training Update – In or Out on the Potawatomi?!
Last weekend, I got up to Pinckney State Park in MI and ran part of the Potawatomi trail…it’s hilly, rocky and rooty…with about 2000 feet of elevation change… and just 16 miles of it kicked my ass!!  Running friends have talked about “Poto” for years but I never found the time to check it out…part of the reason being, I love to stay in my comfort zone.  That’s good and fine but the Eastern States 100 is going to be the toughest race I’ve ever run…only 30 days away!… and then I have the Oil Creek 100 a few weeks later… So, I asked myself “Am I IN or OUT of my comfort zone and how’s that working for me?”  I have definitely been IN my comfort zone running only local trails … and the races coming up are going to be really tough!  So it’s time to get OUT of my comfort zone!

This weekend, I’m doing a 40ish mile training run on the much tougher Poto trail…upping my game!  Woohoo!  Send more good vibes for strong legs!  :-)

Honoree Update –
Attached is a pic of my sister Elizabeth getting her first chemo session today…hooked to an IV bag and all smiles!  That’s my Sis!  She has 5 more of these coming and she’s going after it heart and soul!  Please keep her in your prayers!  Cancer patients have no choice but to get their treatments…to get ”out of their comfort zones” for weeks, months and even years… 40ish miles is nothing…and so I run for them!

Donor Update –
Big Woohoo! to our generous donors…friends Violet Stoycheva and Kevin Simpson and Honoree Rodney Cundiff along with our early donors Jenn Wenzke, long time Honoree Andrea Loch, and Deb Yeagle!  We are now at 5% of our goal!  Woohoo!

I’ll be thinking of you and all of our Honorees …162 to date…all day Saturday at Poto.  You guys keep me going!

If you have a family member or friend with cancer or lost to cancer that I can run for, please send me their name and their story.  I would be honored to run for them!

It takes more than one person to make up a team and that’s why I’m asking you to donate!  Your donation will help fund treatments through LLS that save lives every day; like immune-therapies that use a person’s own immune system to kill cancer. Every single donation helps save a life with breakthrough therapies such as these!

I need your help to reach my $10,000 fundraising goal for cancer research!  Please consider a donation.  We need all the help we can get to fight the good fight.  Thank you!  You can donate at:  http://pages.teamintraining.org/noh/RoadRun14/ealewis

Finally, along with his donation Rodney sent this:  “As iron sharpens iron, so a friend sharpens a friend.” – Proverbs 27:17…thank you Rodney for your inspiration and thank you all for all of your support!

Run Steady, Run Strong!
Ernie

Hope your  4^th of July weekend is going great! Quick update on my 50 mile July 4th training run…great weather led to some great miles on Friday!

I ran the Scout Trail at Oak Openings in Northwest Ohio with a couple of running friends, Dave and Joe…Dave is also getting ready to run the Eastern States 100 on August 16th and Joe is going to be doing the Oil Creek 100k on October 11th.  Big stuff coming up for everyone!

Dave and Joe both had a good run with Dave doing 45 in just over 9 hours and Joe putting in 30 at a fast pace.  My run was decent…I was shooting for 10-12 hours, nice and easy, and finished in 10:40…right in the zone.

The trail was awesome!  Saw a buck, a snake, a black squirrel, a gazillion brown squirrels, smelled a skunk (glad I missed him), heard a turkey, crossed paths with half a dozen horse back riders, and there were a lot of people out at the park celebrating the holiday with their families.  It was nice!

Yesterday was a good long rest day and today I am running a bit more to loosen up the legs and then it’s time for hill work!  I love hills (not really!)

Felt like quitting a couple of times when my quads were getting tight and causing my knee to act up and especially when it got warm…but here’s the trick that works the best for me…stop thinking about it!…I tuck those negative thoughts into the back of my mind, just push ’em aside, and keep going…because the legs get stronger only if you work through the discomfort…

For Liz and George and all our Honorees!  That’s what matters…no quit!

Please consider a donation for LLS and cancer research.  We need all the help we can get to fight the good fight.  Thank you!

You can donate at:  http://pages.teamintraining.org/noh/RoadRun14/ealewis

Run Steady, Run Strong!
Ernie

Happy 4^th of July! Quick update on our fundraising efforts to support The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society and cancer research:

Training Update –
I’ve been doing lots of hill work to get ready for the upcoming races and I just ran 8 miles on this beautiful afternoon… and I have some good endorphins going right now! Tomorrow promises to be even better running weather so I’m spending Independence Day doing a 50-ish mile training run…yea I know, “training” run! It will be at Oak Openings park which is one of my favorite places to run. Come out and join me if you can!
 
Getting ready for the Eastern States 100 on August 16th and the Oil Creek 100 on October 11th…has been tougher than I thought it would be. I think it’s more mental than physical…this is the earliest in the year training season for me ever. I’m a little behind where I think I should be so tomorrow will be telling. Finding the time and the energy to get out and run over the last few weeks has been a struggle. But, we’re going to keep on keeping on! Send lots of good vibes for strong legs! :-)

Honoree Update –
My friend George Evanoff is doing well. He is already finishing chemo and radiation and looking into some clinical trials. Keep your fingers crossed! I took him to church last Sunday (he can’t drive due to the surgery so I get to play chauffeur once in a while!) and he was cracking jokes and is highly optimistic…there’s no quit in George!

My sister Elizabeth had her chemo delayed a little bit and should start next week…and that will last several months. Then she has several years of meds…fun stuff…and she expects her hair to be gone by the end of August…I told her “bald is beautiful!” I have a feeling she’s going to embrace her baldness…no quit in my Sis either!

Please keep them both in your prayers!

Donor Update –
Big Woohoo! to our early donors Jenn Wenzke, long time Honoree Andrea Loch, and Deb Yeagle! Thank you Ladies! I’ll be thinking of you and all of our Honorees …162 to date…all day tomorrow while I am on the trail. You keep me going!

If you have a family member or friend with cancer or lost to cancer that I can run for, please send me their name and their story.  I would be honored to run for them!

It takes more than one person to make up a team and that’s why I’m asking you to donate to my TNT fundraising page!  Your donation will help fund treatments through LLS that save lives every day; like immunotherapy’s that use a person’s own immune system to kill cancer. Every single donation helps save a life with breakthrough therapies such as these!

I need your help to reach my $10,000 fundraising goal for cancer research! Please consider a donation.  We need all the help we can get to fight the good fight.  Thank you!

You can donate at:  http://pages.teamintraining.org/noh/RoadRun14/ealewis

Run Steady, Run Strong!
Ernie