What this is all about -

You may ask why are we signed up and trained for such a race. For our team, RAAM is not just a Race Across AMerica, it is a race to better our community. Our charity is North Coast Community Service (NCCS), which teams with 11 nonprofit organizations in San Diego County to make a difference in people’s lives. In the past 12 months, 5,500 NCCS volunteers have completed over 450 unique service projects. There is a broad spectrum of support which include the following: feeding and providing shelter for the homeless, assistance to a drug and alcohol recovery program, a home for people disabled by HIV/AIDS, support of military families by providing: financial support, home improvements, baby supplies, childcare, and counseling, outreach to nursing home residences, help to pregnant teenagers and adult women, help for homeless kids, and non-profit resale for foster children. This is just a short summary of the help provided by the organization we are raising money to support. If you feel compelled to join us on our journey and support making a difference in this world, you can make a tax-deductible contribution to our team. Please follow this link Support NCCS RAAM 2008.

Sunday, April 20, 2008

Saturday April 19th Karla's Devil Dog Race

So this is my first posting for our training for RAAM 2008. We are 7 1/2 weeks away from the start of the race on June 11th. Today I didn't join the team in interval training because I had a duathlon to compete in. My friend Colleen and I raced the Devil Dog Duathlon at Camp Pendleton. It was a 5K (3.1mile) Run, 30K (18.6mile) Bike, 5K Run. Here is the link to the race information http://www.camppendletonraces.com/duathlon.html. This was our first duathlon we participated in last year. We both improved considerably on our time from last year. I placed 3rd in my age group again with a time of 1h41min36sec, which is almost an 8 minute improvement over last year. Colleen was 4th in her age group and her time was 1h37min27sec. We celebrated by having lunch at Hill Street Cafe in Oceanside.
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