The most athletic thing I've ever done in the name of charity was to climb the highest mountains in England, Scotland and Wales in 24 hours. It exhausted me and made me totter like a walker-less 90 year old for a week and a half.
I've hitch-hiked to Edinburgh and Dublin(not from New York!), walked, sung, dressed up as a fluffy pink hippo, poured baked beans on people and had baked beans poured on me.
But I can't imagine that I could do what Beth, one of my friends, is doing. She is currently in training for a Triathlon to raise money for The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. The triathlon is swimming, running and cycling: swimming 0.9 of a mile, running 6.2 miles, and cycling 25 miles. Which is mindblowing enough as it is, only remember that this is New York, so she'll be pounding the tarmac for the running section, braving New York City roads in the cycling section, and...I can't believe this...SWIMMING IN THE HUDSON RIVER. She even needs a tetanus injection beforehand.
Incredible.
Beth has set herself the target of raising $3,000, which will go towards research for a cure for blood cancers.
She has a fundraising page here, so please - give what you can. (Krissa and I will be chipping in tomorrow - payday!)
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