Welcome to Team In Training
Our goal is to get you to the completion of your event while making the overall experience one of the best of your life. Be prepared to receive a wealth of information over the next couple of weeks. As we get into the groove of things it won't seem so overwhelming. Just remember, we're here to help you. So if you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask.
You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You must do the thing which you think you cannot do. - Eleanor Roosevelt
Accolades
Before I start the regular blog I'd like to take a moment to acknowledge our fellow triathlon teammate, Abbey Snodgrass. At a barbecue at Municipal Park this afternoon, Abbey immediately jumped to the rescue of a choking 3 month old baby, administered CPR and saved the baby's life. Abbey, you're the kind of person we're proud to be friends with.
Fundraising Tip
Setup your fundraising website by personalizing the text, adding a photo, and setting a fundraising goal. The best websites include photos of honored patients.
It's not too late to join Team In Training!
Invite your friends, family, and co-workers to join at the first training this Saturday, 5/30. You will receive a $100 fundraising credit for every person you recruit who completes their fundraising and event!
Training Tip
With training just beginning, there is no time like the present to focus on improving your form and technique. Better technique is critical to your overall goal achievement. With improved technique, your performance is helped in several ways:
1. Better Economy – Your “economy” in sport is defined by how far you can go on each unit of oxygen you consume. Put another way, the less oxygen you use for any given amount of exercise equates to better “economy”. If you improve your skill & become a more technically proficient athlete, you will simply consume less oxygen for any given bout of exercise. Therefore, you will be more economical…this translates into going faster for the same distance or going longer before tiring!
2. Decreased Injury Risk – We all know that poor technique is one of the leading causes of injury. When joints/muscles are repeatedly moved in improper ways or have stresses placed upon them in unsupported positions, the aches & pains of pre-injury may show themselves. For endurance athletes, this is critical – consider the number of times that your shoulders rotate during a 1k swim, that your knees bend & straighten during a 40k bike, or that your feet hit the ground in a 26.2 mile run. If your form is off by just a bit each time, your injury risk is substantially higher.
3. Improved Performance – If one of your main goals is to reach the finish line a bit faster, then technique improvement is where you ought to spend a great deal of time. That base training & those high intensity intervals are certainly important, but if your mechanics are poor, you just won’t be able to go as fast as you could if you had more efficient movement patterns. Remember this…energy put into movements which don’t directly move you forward is simply wasted energy! Also consider…Olympic athletes regularly spend hours working on improving their technical abilities. If the athletes at the top of their game continue to work on form, who are we to think that we don’t need to!!!
Frequently Asked Questions
WHAT DOES THE SOCIETY DO? There are 66 chapters of the Society located across the United States and Canada. The Society supports a variety of programs: research, patient services, advocacy, community service and education.
* Research Funding—supports basic and clinical grants to find causes, cures and preventive methods.
* Patient Services—provides financial aid and peer support groups.
* Advocacy—supports access to healthcare and increased research funding.
* Community Service—referrals to local resources and sponsorship of marrow donor drives.
* Education—free educational materials and professional medical symposia. Free literature is available through the toll-free Public Information Line 1-800-955-4572 and through our Web Site http://www.lls.org.
Mission Moment
Peyton Mayhew
bBrandon, FL
female
Living with ALL for 1 year, 7 months
Age: 4
Peyton is 2 1/2 years old. Her story is common to her disease and devastating to our family. On July 13, 2006 I had taken her to the pediatrician because she had been running a low-grade fever and complaining that she hurt. We thought she had an ear infection or maybe strep throat. How shocking to find yourself in an oncologist's office hearing news that will change your entire life. Peyton receives her treatment at All Children’s Hospital in St. Petersburg and Tampa, we have the most wonderful team of doctors and nurses who support, help and educate us each step of the way.
Our family is blessed with Peyton's older brother and sister Nathaniel and Rachael, who have been helpful, patient and understanding throughout the beginning stages of her treatment. We have had the most amazing outpouring of love and support from our friends, family, church, school, and community. Prayers have been prayed, meals delivered, presents brought to the house, cards mailed, our website visited for updates on how she's feeling and just calls to see if we need to talk.
It's been a growth time for us as a family to come together and be strong for each other- to be patient, to give, love and support each other. It's heartbreaking to watch your child's pain, to hear their cries, and to see the physical manifestations of the disease in their once perfect body. You feel like you can do nothing for them, you have no control, and there's a sense of complete helplessness. Yet you comfort, you console, you cheer, you make them smile and laugh, you make favorite foods and read the same story over and over. You hold and love through tears in the night, and let them know you're there with them through each treatment and will never leave them.
--Anissa Mayhew, mother of Peyton Mayhew www.hope4peyton.org
Training Tip
With training just beginning, there is no time like the present to focus on improving your form and technique. Better technique is critical to your overall goal achievement. With improved technique, your performance is helped in several ways:
1. Better Economy – Your “economy” in sport is defined by how far you can go on each unit of oxygen you consume. Put another way, the less oxygen you use for any given amount of exercise equates to better “economy”. If you improve your skill & become a more technically proficient athlete, you will simply consume less oxygen for any given bout of exercise. Therefore, you will be more economical…this translates into going faster for the same distance or going longer before tiring!
2. Decreased Injury Risk – We all know that poor technique is one of the leading causes of injury. When joints/muscles are repeatedly moved in improper ways or have stresses placed upon them in unsupported positions, the aches & pains of pre-injury may show themselves. For endurance athletes, this is critical – consider the number of times that your shoulders rotate during a 1k swim, that your knees bend & straighten during a 40k bike, or that your feet hit the ground in a 26.2 mile run. If your form is off by just a bit each time, your injury risk is substantially higher.
3. Improved Performance – If one of your main goals is to reach the finish line a bit faster, then technique improvement is where you ought to spend a great deal of time. That base training & those high intensity intervals are certainly important, but if your mechanics are poor, you just won’t be able to go as fast as you could if you had more efficient movement patterns. Remember this…energy put into movements which don’t directly move you forward is simply wasted energy! Also consider…Olympic athletes regularly spend hours working on improving their technical abilities. If the athletes at the top of their game continue to work on form, who are we to think that we don’t need to!!!
Frequently Asked Questions
WHAT DOES THE SOCIETY DO? There are 66 chapters of the Society located across the United States and Canada. The Society supports a variety of programs: research, patient services, advocacy, community service and education.
* Research Funding—supports basic and clinical grants to find causes, cures and preventive methods.
* Patient Services—provides financial aid and peer support groups.
* Advocacy—supports access to healthcare and increased research funding.
* Community Service—referrals to local resources and sponsorship of marrow donor drives.
* Education—free educational materials and professional medical symposia. Free literature is available through the toll-free Public Information Line 1-800-955-4572 and through our Web Site http://www.lls.org.
Mission Moment
Peyton Mayhew
bBrandon, FL
female
Living with ALL for 1 year, 7 months
Age: 4
Peyton is 2 1/2 years old. Her story is common to her disease and devastating to our family. On July 13, 2006 I had taken her to the pediatrician because she had been running a low-grade fever and complaining that she hurt. We thought she had an ear infection or maybe strep throat. How shocking to find yourself in an oncologist's office hearing news that will change your entire life. Peyton receives her treatment at All Children’s Hospital in St. Petersburg and Tampa, we have the most wonderful team of doctors and nurses who support, help and educate us each step of the way.
Our family is blessed with Peyton's older brother and sister Nathaniel and Rachael, who have been helpful, patient and understanding throughout the beginning stages of her treatment. We have had the most amazing outpouring of love and support from our friends, family, church, school, and community. Prayers have been prayed, meals delivered, presents brought to the house, cards mailed, our website visited for updates on how she's feeling and just calls to see if we need to talk.
It's been a growth time for us as a family to come together and be strong for each other- to be patient, to give, love and support each other. It's heartbreaking to watch your child's pain, to hear their cries, and to see the physical manifestations of the disease in their once perfect body. You feel like you can do nothing for them, you have no control, and there's a sense of complete helplessness. Yet you comfort, you console, you cheer, you make them smile and laugh, you make favorite foods and read the same story over and over. You hold and love through tears in the night, and let them know you're there with them through each treatment and will never leave them.
--Anissa Mayhew, mother of Peyton Mayhew www.hope4peyton.org
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