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Mar 14

Biggest and Baddest WWP Raffle

by Betsy

Guess what today is???

If you guessed it is one month till my Tough Mudder race, you are right!!! I am super excited!

Today also marks the first day of my LAST raffle to benefit my Wounded Warrior Project fundraiser! I am really hoping you can help me meet my fundraising goal!

If you donate, here is what you could win!

Grand Prize

1 - Pair of Tommie Copper Calf sleeves (Donated by Tommie Copper)

1 - Survival Strap (Donated by Survival Straps)

1  – $25 Go Sport ID gift card (Donated by Go Sport ID)

1 – $25 iTunes gift card (Donated by me)

2nd Prize

1 – Survival Strap (Donated by Survival Straps)

1 – $25 Go Sport ID gift card (Donated by Go Sport ID)

1 – $15 iTunes gift card (donated by me)

3rd Prize

1- Survival Strap (Donated by Survival Straps)

1 – $25 Go Sport ID gift card (Donated by Go Sport ID)

To be entered into the raffle all you need to do is donate a minimum of $5 to my Wounded Warrior Project fundraiser by clicking here and then commenting below that you donated so that I know you want to be included in the raffle! The raffle started today (3/14) and ends on 3/28 at 8pm est!

As a side note, if you want to have a name put on the back of my Tough Mudder race shirt, the last day to do so is 3/18. Click here to learn more details about my race shirt.

Thanks for everyone’s support and donations! They are much appreciated and will be going towards a worthy cause!

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Jan 19

Tough Mudder Training: Attempt #1

by Betsy

When it comes to training for a race, I love a good training plan. For my first half marathon I used Hal Higdon’s plan. I kind of wish Hal would make a Tough Mudder training plan, but I don’t think that is going to happen. As luck would have it, there is a Tough Mudder workout. Click here to take a look at it for yourself.

It is recommended that the Tough Mudder workout should be done 3 times a week. I honestly don’t think I have time to do it that often on top of the running and cross training that I already do (I am too stubborn to give any of it up), so at this point I am just going to commit to doing it once a week. This past Monday was my first attempt at the workout.

I did not do the running portion of the workout (Exercise #1) as I had a 3 mile run planned later with my running buddy. However, I did all of the 15 other exercises! Yes, you read that right, 15 exercises. I actually didn’t think it was going to be too difficult as I only needed to do each exercise for one minute and then move onto the next one. In fact, I was so at ease with the workout I did 80 push ups earlier in the day before I tackled the Tough Mudder workout. Bad idea! It turns out that the Tough Mudder workout already has push ups in it! Lots of push ups!

With that in mind, let me tell you what the easiest part of the Tough Mudder workout was for me: printing the workout. And. I. Am. Serious. This workout kicked my booty. In fact my booty and my legs are still hurting from it today and it is 3 days later.

Here are the exercises that I found to be the most difficult.

Exercise #4 Scissor Kick: This is a lunge exercise from hell. My inner thighs are angry with me. But hopefully it will prevent my runner’s knee from coming back again.

Exercise #10 – Decline Push Up: By the time I got to these push ups I was really regretting the 80 push ups I had already done. My arms were like wet noodles at this point.

Exercise #12 Tough Chin Up: Any type of chin up or pull up is near impossible for me. Any time I think to myself that I have good upper body strength all I have to do is attempt one of these bad boys and I am reminded of how much work I need to do.

All the rest of the exercises were a challenge as well. If I was doing them separately of each other, they wouldn’t have been so bad but since they were back to back to back to back . . . it was exhausting. And I liked it . . . . Yep, it’s true I love a good workout!

One Tough Mudder workout done and many more to go!

The good news for you is that you get to sit back and enjoy my posts about my pain fun. Since I am doing all the hard work, perhaps you could make a donation to my Wounded Warrior Project fundraiser. Maybe $12 for the number of miles I will be running or $27 for the number of obstacles I will be attempting completeting or $39 for 12 miles and 27 obstacles. And don’t forget I have this super cool raffle going on right now!

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Jan 16

Survival Straps Raffle to Benefit WWP

by Betsy

This past Saturday marked 3 months till my Tough Mudder race! I’m excited and scared all at the same time!

In honor of hitting the 3 month out milestone, I thought it was time for another raffle to benefit my fundraiser for the Wounded Warrior Project which I am doing in conjunction with the Tough Mudder race!

I contacted numerous companies about donating products for me to use for my fundraiser and one of the companies that came on board was Survival Straps! I am super excited and appreciative about them helping me out because not only do they make awesome life saving gear but they are also an American company whose products are made in the good ol U. S. of A.! They have also been proud sponsors of the Wounded Warrior Project long before I got involved!

Click here to go to the website for Survival Straps to learn more about their company and see all of their great products! You can also click here to read a review of Survival Straps from Gumption Gear (my fav gear review site)!

After reading all of that good stuff about Survival Straps I know you are itching to get a strap of your own! The good news is I have 3 straps to give away and you could be one of the lucky winners!

One of these could be yours!

Here is what you need to do!

1) Make a donation to my fundraiser for the Wounded Warrior project by clicking here.

2) Leave me a comment below that you donated so I know that you want to be included in the raffle.

Simple, right?

Here are some more details that you need to know. The raffle started today (1/16) and will end on Monday January 30th at 8pm est. Once the raffle ends, I will randomly draw 3 winners and contact you so I can send out the goods!

Please share this raffle with anyone and everyone you know! It is for a great cause. And please make sure you thank Survival Straps for their support of my fundraiser and the Wounded Warrior Project!

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Dec 16

For the Love of June to Benefit WWP

by Betsy

There are a lot of Michigan-made food that I am sure you are all well aware of. Some of my favorites are Faygo Pop and Better Made potato chips. But my #1 favorite Michigan-made food is from a company you may have never heard of before, For the Love of June. They make the best jams and jellies I have ever tasted!

For the Love of June is all about Michigan-made goodness. The company was founded in March of 2011 by two sisters in Michigan who grew up eating home canned foods. They named their company after their grandma June, who taught them the art of canning and much more. For the Love of June makes unique and distinctive jams and jellies. My favorite flavors are Strawberry Lemonade and Cherry Limeade. For the Love of June even grows many of their own ingredients and what they do not grow, they buy locally! All of their products are made in small batches without additives or artificial ingredients. For the Love of June primarily sells their products at festivals and farmers markets, so make sure that you “like” them on Facebook by clicking here to find out where they will be next. You can also visit their website by clicking here.

For the Love of June has graciously donated a basket of goodies for me to raffle off to benefit my Wounded Warrior Project fundraiser! The basket includes three jars of their delicious jam, 2 coffee cups, holiday decorations and more!

You could win this basket of goodies from For the Love of June!

Here is what you need to do to try to win this basket!

1. Donate a minimum of $5 to my fundraiser by clicking here.

2. Comment on this post that you donated so I know that you want to be included in the raffle.

Please note that I am unable to ship the basket, therefore this raffle is open to Detroit area residents or to people who know a local resident that can pick it up. The raffle started today and ends on Friday the 23rd at 8pm est. So what are you waiting for, donate today!

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Nov 16

Tunky Monkey’s Sweet Treats to Benefit WWP

by Betsy

Once I announced that I was raising money for the Wounded Warrior Project in conjunction with racing in the Michigan / Ohio Tough Mudder in April of 2012, many of my friends stepped forward to offer assistance. One of the first ones to do so was James & Melissa Radke. You may remember Melissa as she was a guest blogger for a Saturday Sound Off post. She recently started a business with her husband called Tunky Monkey’s Sweet Treats. If you like sweets like I do, I am sure that I have piqued your interest! And if you like cake, you are really going to be interested because Tunky Monkey’s Sweet Treats makes delicious cake pops!

These are Cookies 'n Cream & Choco-holics Dream Cake pops! Yummy!

I am certain that you will not question how yummy those look, but perhaps you are wondering what cake pops have to do with my Wounded Warrior Project fundraiser. Well, James and Melissa have offered to donate 10% of their sales from now until the end of February 2012 to my fundraiser! Isn’t that awesome!!! (I also want to mention that James and Melissa are a military family as James is in the Navy. Thank you for your service James!)

So if you live near Portsmouth, VA and you want to satisfy your sweet tooth while helping out a great cause, Tunky Monkey’s Sweet Treats will help you do just that! They have a wide array of cake pop flavors from confetti to German chocolate. They can also make specialty cake pops to look like your favorite characters. Check out these Elmo cake pops!

So what are you waiting for? You know you want some cake pops of your very own! To make an inquiry or to place an order you can contact Tunky Monkey’s Sweet Treats on their blog here or on their Facebook page here. You can also contact them via email at tunkymonkey@gmail.com.

Thank you Tunky Monkey’s Sweet Treats for your support of the Wounded Warrior Project! It is so appreciated!

You can also make a donation directly to my fundraiser for the Wounded Warrior Project, please click here to do so.

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Nov 4

The Wounded Warrior Project Fundraiser Shirt

by Betsy

Today I am finally revealing the customized shirt that I will be wearing when I compete in the Tough Mudder race in April of 2012.!!! You may remember that I was debating between two options and thus decided to leave the decision up to you, the readers of my blog. I am surprised to report that the winning shirt had 76% of the votes!

So without further ado, the shirt that I will be wearing is . . .

I think you guys made a great choice! I am very much looking forward to wearing it!

Now I need your help to fill the back of the shirt with names of service men and women!  For every $5 you donate to my Wounded Warrior Project fundraiser, you can give me the name of a service man or woman who you would like me to race in honor of or in remembrance of. The person’s name will be printed on the back of my shirt and I will proudly race in honor of each and every person listed. Keep in mind that I am not looking just for wounded service people, I want to honor all service men and women alike. Please click here to donate to my fundraiser and don’t forget to email me at bamoats@gmail.com with the name or names of the people you would like to have added to the shirt.

I can guarantee you that I will be posting a LOT more fundraising posts in the future as I have some great ideas up my sleeve. Several of them I have stolen from Lauren at Forward is a Pace. She wrote a terrific blog post about her fundraising efforts for the Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation of America. If you are fundraising for anything, I would recommend that you check out her blog post by clicking here, for some fantastic ideas!

In the meantime, my focus is on rallying for votes to help me win a grant from Refuel with Chocolate Milk. You may have heard me mention this a time or two over the last few weeks. ;) If I win the grant, I will be donating half of it ($125) to my fundraiser for WWP! That’s a lot of money and it will result in a lot of help to people who deserve it. So please, click HERE to vote for me, Betsy Moats,  to win the grant! You can vote for me once a day from each computer you have. Ask your friends, family, co-workers and strangers to vote for me too! It is for a great cause! Thank you so much for your votes and support!!!

Lastly, I would like to end this post with a heart warming story that continues to bring a smile to my face and tears to me eyes. A co-worker donated $30 to my Wounded Warrior Project fundraiser in the name of her two girls. (Her husband & their dad is in the army.) She told me that each girl donated $10 of THEIR OWN money!!! The youngest, Lara, who is in kindergarten asked her mom if she could borrow $100 to donate and that she would pay her back when she got a job! I thought that was truly touching! I would love to hep Lara donate $100! Can you help? Can someone donate $90 in her name or can 9 people donate $10 in her name? Let’s show her that not only do we support our troops but their families as well! Here is the link to my fundraiser page! https://www.raceit.com/fundraising/Fundraise.aspx?event=6263&fundraiser=3390 Together we can help Lara donate $100!!!

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