Building Up

With eight weeks until the marathon, five weeks until AP exams and four weeks until our last concert with VYO and the All State Music Festival, I have a lot to think about. I ran 17.8 miles yesterday, and I hope to run two or three 20 milers during the next five weeks before I taper for the last three weeks before the marathon. It is exciting and somewhat daunting to be entering this stage of training, but I am grateful for the support of friends and family. My mom even ran out to meet me for the last mile of my run yesterday!
School has also been quite demanding lately, and I have lots of music to practice between school, VYO and All State's, so I don't have much free time. In this hectic time, I am so grateful for the generosity of all those who have contributed towards Kroka. It makes a huge difference not having to worry about fund raising for the moment. I can focus on training and keeping up with my academic and musical studies until things slow down a little. Fund raising will still be on my mind, but it will not be a stressful, worrisome burden. It will fun to delve into fund raising after these next few months and I have lots of new ideas. Thanks again for all your support, both financially and morally, it really makes a huge difference!