To get you up to speed we are going to start off with a Building Phase Q&A. This will explain the ins and outs of our initiative, and explain to you how you can be involved!
The Building Phase Q&A
What is The Building Phase?
The Building Phase is an initiative to be active in the community through an active lifestyle. Specifically, through the “building phase” of marathon training, we will also work to “build” at Chatham Habitat for Humanity by raising money and hosting regular work site days.
What is our rationale?
Through the process of raising money for the 3 Ring Cycle, a great ride put on by Chatham Habitat in early summer, and through working with Habitat in different capacities, we realize our ability to inspire people and to raise money for the great cause that Habitat is. When we decided to run this marathon in the fall, we saw it as an opportunity to be active in our activeness. We are spritely young men with the ability to rally and inspire, why not run for something bigger than ourselves?
How will The Building Phase work?
We, both experienced athletes, are training for the City of Oaks Marathon that will take place on November 4th, 2012 in Raleigh, North Carolina. It is our hope that as we build in our training we can help Habitat build as well. The Building Phase will support Habitat two-fold; through donations and through work site days.
Donations can be made in two ways: in the form of a flat payment or in a recurring format. Our original idea was to have people sponsor per mile of training/racing we do, but this would become a bit complicated and cumbersome. To ease the process, and because we do still like the idea of being sponsored per mile we run, we have outlined some suggested donation tiers based on our training plan. If you would like to check-in weekly, every other week, or monthly and donate based on our progress, then by all means do! We hope that if you decide on a flat donation that you will still check in for our weekly blog posts.
At this point (7/23/12) we are entering week 4 of serious training out of an 18-week training plan. Each week ranges from 43-85 miles. Suggested donations will be dependent on these ranges. Here are the totals as it stands now:
Week 1
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43-53
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Week 2
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49-61
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Week 3
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44-58
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Week 4
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44-56
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Week 5
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46-60
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Week 6
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52-65
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Week 7
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50-62
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Week 8
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60-81
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Week 9
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61-73
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Week 10
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50-62
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Week 11
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60-81
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Week 12
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64-85
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Week13
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50-62
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Week 14
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60-81
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Week 15
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67-80
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Week16
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60-70
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Week 17
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60-70
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Week 18
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60-70
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So, at the minimum it will be 980 miles and at the maximum it will be 1230. If we were to conquer the minimum mileage of 980, which is nothing to sneeze at, then here's what suggested donations would look like:
And if we hit the maximum of 1230 miles, then it would look more like this:
All of the total donations are approximate and merely suggestions. Every dollar counts, every dollar helps.
As for donating time on the work site to the cause, at this point we are planning on hosting a handful of Saturday work days. There will probably be one or two in September, two in October and one in Novemeber. We are working on getting the dates finalized for those work days. But, we anticipate those being fun events and they are a great way to be involved with The Building Phase. The time we put in on the work site is just as valuable as the money we raise.
Mileage
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Donation per mile
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Total Donation
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980
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5 cents
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$50
|
980
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10 cents
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$100
|
980
|
25 cents
|
$250
|
980
|
50 cents
|
$500
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And if we hit the maximum of 1230 miles, then it would look more like this:
Mileage
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Donation per mile
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Total Donation
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1230
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5 cents
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$62
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1230
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10 cents
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$123
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1230
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25 cents
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$308
|
1230
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50 cents
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$615
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All of the total donations are approximate and merely suggestions. Every dollar counts, every dollar helps.
As for donating time on the work site to the cause, at this point we are planning on hosting a handful of Saturday work days. There will probably be one or two in September, two in October and one in Novemeber. We are working on getting the dates finalized for those work days. But, we anticipate those being fun events and they are a great way to be involved with The Building Phase. The time we put in on the work site is just as valuable as the money we raise.
We appreciate you taking the time to read our long-winded explanation of our initiative. Now, it's time to get the ball rolling! You can be expecting blog updates about how the actual running is going in the next week. We are both finding our running legs and gaining fitness at this point.
To make a donation you can follow follow this link:
We appreciate your support and so does Chatham Habitat for Humanity. Thanks for being a part of The Building Phase Team!
Gregor and Wilbie
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