The Gods are smiling!

Just when I was loosing faith, I had a banner fundraising day! Thanks to Melanie, Grace and Kristina I raised $173 in a single day. My best so far. I also made sure to keep up my workout routine :)
Exercise this weekend included cleaning the entire house and ORGANIZING! And I followed that up with some "extreme" dog walking. It was more like "swimming" than walking... the snow was knee deep and it felt like I was walking through water... ughh. On the other hand the sun was so bright any shiny, coupled with all the fresh white snow. It was so beautiful it was worth it.

Fundraiser Cancelled

Today was supposed to be my first official fundraiser! Unfortunately 30cm of snow was just too much to ask people to drive out to an event. I hope to reschedule in a couple weeks. I'm getting worried about how much time I have left to raise $2500... somehow I'll get there!!

25% of the way there!!

As you know, I have to raise $2500 to ride on June 21st. I've been having the odd panic attack that I might not be able to raise the money. Well, today, with the help of all my donors so far and my friend Andrea and My Dad and Mary, I AM NOW AT $627 and thats 25% of my goal!! So many people have been so generous to this cause. Thank you all for all your donations!!

Thank You Village Archery!!

Village Archery is my Step Dad Doug's business. He sells all sorts of hunting supplies as well as offers coaching and courses. He is also a level 2 certified archery coach! Doug stresses safety first all the time.
They recently hosted a PAL and Hunter safety course at his shop. Village Archery graciously decided to turn this into a fundraising opportunty for me! At the lunch they posted a blurb about my race and asked for donations.
THEY RAISED ALMOST $100!!!
Thank you so much mom and Doug for thinking of me and the ride and helping out! I'm now at 19% of my goal.
THANK YOU SO MUCH VILLAGE ARCHERY! Your money counts and will help save lives!!

check out their website at www.villagearchery.ca

Home Sweet Home!

Seamus and I just got back from our mid winter break. We spent a week in Orlando. The weather was great and the crowds were small. I managed to get some riding in too! Yep, in fact, Seamus and I singled handedly returned E.T. to his home planet just in time for him to save his world! It war very intense. Glad to be back. Nothing like your own bed...

Thank you Wakeling Family!

Every year, the Wakeling family (my moms side) gathers all our spare change collected throughout the year and brings them to the familty Christmas. We then role them and give the money to charity. One year we bought a family in africa chickens through world vision. This year was no different. So far we have rolled $38 in spare change!!! As you can see on my scrolling list! More to come too! So this puts me at 15% of my goal. I have a few fundraisers plan so I know that I'll get there.

Thanks Auntie Karen and mom for rolling all those coins!!!

Meillyn

spinning yesterday

spinning can be summed up by:
saddle=soar

Did I mention I broke my butt?

The day I broke my butt is a day I will never forget. It happened on the second last day of a vacation in Paris. I slipped on some marble steps and fell so hard on my tail bone that I saw stars, no joke. It took me about 10 minutes to get up because I was in AGONY. This Feb will mark 2 years from that occasion. Not sure if anyone has has this injury, but hurting your tailbone, not fun. To this day I can't sit for more than an hour in a meeting and flights are very difficult. I fly almost every week, so this sucks. So today, I ventured out for my renewed commitment to spinning. I went to a friend shop called FreeWheel Cycle. They are the best bike shop I've ever been to and they are right close by in Dundas. http://www.freewheelcycle.com/ The class was GREAT! Thanks to Vinces awesome tunes I was able to forget the pain and spin. Soooo, training for this ride will be my first "real" cycling since my fall... I can make it... but will my butt???

No amount is too small... well, not really.

So, I'd like to think that no amount is too little. Give what you feel like attitude. But here is the cold hard truth. 10 bucks is the minimum. Yep, when I tried to donate $5 to myself I was rejected. I really just wanted to see my name on the scroll thing. You can write anything you want there you know!

My first fundraiser!

Mom and Doug are hosting a Hunter Safety and Gun Safety Course through Dougs Business, Village Archery.

At the event they are providing a lunch and asking for donations for the Ride to Conquer Cancer.

To see more about Village Archery and the event go to www.villagearchery.ca

Holy Crap its cold outside

Honestly, I had every intention today to take out my mountain bike and go for a spin aroung the track behind the school. I've got good tires on my mountain bike so the snow wouldn't have been to much of an issue...BUT DO YOU KNOW HOW COLD AND WINDY it was today?Instead, Seamus and I went for nice walk with the dog. !@#$%&* its cold out!-10C with 37kph according to my BlackBerry Curve :(I'm thinking warm thoughts and taking my road bike in for a tune up this week!

Welcome to my Blog!

Hey there,Thanks for stopping and checking out my blog. I'm planning to use this to keep you up to date with my progress with the training and the fundraising.With only 3 sponcors I am aldready at 13% of my goal... WOOHOOO!Thanks Mom and Doug, Seamus and Bronwen and Chris and the boys!!So stay tuned for more progress, Meillyn

About this blog

When I heard the advertisement on CHUM FM talking about this ride I immediately thought about my very dear friend Jason that passed away from leukemia 7 years ago. He's always been in my thoughts over the years. Sounds cheesy but I almost feel like he asked me to do this. This won't be easy, but neither is cancer. And if this is what I can do to help that cause, then here I am.

I would love for people to joining me as my teammates. I realize that it takes time, and a reliable bike. So, if you don't have these to get you involved, let me be your vessel! I'll do the hard part and ride 200km for Jason. If anyone has been touched by cancer and feels this same need to give, any amount, please sponsor me!

My mom always told me, if you look after the pennies, the nickels and dimes will look after themselves.

When I made the call to join this ride Trista was my counsellor. She asked me if I was to be listed as a cancer survivor. I am fortunate enough to have said no. I hope this will always be the case. Then she asked where I would like my donations to go. I chose the Discovery Fund. This fund is a pool of money available when needed to fund breakthroughs for ANY cancer, to researchers who need it. Maybe this will save my life or the life of someone I love. That is my hope for this ride.

This is the first time I've ever done anything like this so wish me luck! Thank you so much for your support, even if its just in words of encouragement! ride on!
Meillyn