We’ll be heading out to the wilderness this summer, for more of the great outdoors. Family and friends help make this a memorable outing, and there are only a limited number of spots for this usually sold out Asha event.
Date: Jul 23-24
Location:Clinton Lake State Recreation Area, IL
Cost of Camping (This includes food, drinks, campsite registration fees, wood, coal, ice. This does not include your transportation to campsite – although most times we ride to the campsite together, so after you register we will get int touch with you!): Adult $50, Kid $25
Every drop of sweat counts. Likewise, every dollar, rupee or any other currency you want to use to donate for this cause, counts. Asha for Education exists for what I like to call “gloducation” – global education for the children of India, who do not have access to the bare necessities – no books, no instruments (or broken ones from decades ago), no books on tape, no access to libraries, no access to great teachers, no access to infrastructure, great access to child labor and human rights abuse…you get the drift.
That is why every drop of sweat from running for these deprived souls, counts. And counts big. And I’m going to make SURE that every drop quenches the thirst for gloducation for these guys – no more watching from the sidelines, for they will ACT from our support, and the world will watch them GROW and GLOW, with gloducation!
Thank you in advance for your drops of currencies and sweat. Donate now, because EVERY DROP COUNTS!
My training for the Bank of America Chicago Marathon has been going ok though not spectacular as I have yet to run a 20 miler. I ran 3 half-marathon’s this summer
- Chicago 13.1M series in June in 2 hrs 13 min
- Alexian Brothers half marathon in Hoffman Estates in 2 hrs and 12 min
- Chicago Half Marathon (Sept 12) 2 hrs and 6 min.
Longest run of the season: 18 miles in 3 hrs in early August.
Next weekend run (Sept 18): 20 – 22 miles
Big day: 10/10/10 aim 26.2 miles in 4hrs and 30 min!
So, the feet, they doth carry me away from my humble abode. And past many a not-so-humble-abode that Frank Lloyd built. What a great way to put my (W)right foot forward for a just cause.
And here I am using my lungs to their fullest capacity, feeling that lactic acid makes its presence hard to refute and voila! I turn a corner into what could well be a scene straight out of Enid Blyton’s Enchanted Forest. Or it could be Hogwarts! Or that mystical place in the Lord of the Rings! Turning that bend has transported me into a place where the imagination runs wild, unlike its owner!
All verdant and magical, I run under a canopy of trees including an oak, a weeping willow and what I have decided, in my own little world of botany, should be labelled a giant Sycamore. Also weeping like the willow, are my quads- tech. jargon for quadriceps- so deliberately being ignored that they have fully occupied all conscious thought!
Since the “turn” of events, the mind’s been a-distracted and the lactic acid, just a mere sensation now, is trying to gnaw its way back to my stream of awareness. Fortunately for me, the rhythm of running has taken over, set by the tone of this magical street I now see through the eyes of a runner. A street I oft cross on my drives leaving home. But a world that can’t be seen when I’m trying to avoid the forced marriage of my fender with the pink-haired girl and her little tea-cup sized pooch; whilst peering from behind my steering wheel, halted patiently at the stop sign waiting for them to scamper off with a little more ‘mission’ and a little less ’stroll’.
Aah! Frank LLoyd, my running self silently exclaims, such a legacy of visual splendour you leave behind for one with reluctant muscles, but a fierce intent to “just do it”.
Team Asha will be camping @ Kettle Moraine State Forest—Northern Unit on Aug 7th-8th
The Kettle Moraine Northern Unit is comprised of about 30,000 acres stretching 30 miles across Sheboygan, Fond du Lac, and Washington Counties. The forest is managed for multiple use, including recreation management, sustainable forest products, water quality and soil protection, terrestrial and aquatic wildlife, native biological diversity, and aesthetics.
Asha for Education Chicago chapter is participating with organizers of AR Rehman concert on June 18th at Sears Arena. A certain percentage of the proceeds of the tickets sold through Asha will be donated to Asha for Education. Have you joined the big party yet?
Each year, the first Wednesday in April is designated National Start! Walking Day – a day when Americans nationwide come together to put on their sneakers as a show of support against the No. 1 killer of Americans today – heart disease.
Heart disease is this country’s No.1 killer. But by exercising for as little as 30 minutes each day you can reduce your risk. That’s what the Start! Movement is all about.
It’s almost here! Join us Wednesday, April 7 for National Start! Walking Day. Wear your sneakers to work!
For more information -
http://startwalkingnow.org/
For the amateur, you should know that stretching is very critical when you run. There are various kinds of stretches out there, but bottom line is do the very basics for sure.
