Update!

Last week, I mentioned that we had been transferred over to a new donation page with Athletes For A Cure. In that transfer, a few changes have been made. Most of them are great, but one that we're not huge fans of is the removal of the Honor Roll. We were proud to see the names of all of the wonderful people that have helped Team G Shock on our way to raising $10,000 right there on our donation page.

Well, just because they got rid of it, doesn't mean we have to. If you look closely, at the top of our blog you will see a new tab titled "HONOR ROLL". This is the complete list of every single person that has donated to Team G Shock, and hopefully we can add some more names to it soon! It was amazing to see all of the names again and remember all of the wonderful people from all parts of our lives that have helped us in this. People from our childhoods, high school, college, Nashville friends, our family friends, coworkers, etc. We truly feel blessed and know that we will be able to reach our goal of $10,000 because of the amazing people in our lives!

So take a minute when you have the chance and check out the new & improved Team G Shock Honor Roll!

Happy Father's Day!

Today is a day we are especially grateful for here at Team G Shock and we just wanted to take a quick moment to say Happy Day to both of our Dads! We miss you both and can't wait to see you all hopefully soon!

We hope that our Dads, and all of the other Dads out there (including my brudder Drew) have a WONDERFUL day doing whatever it is they would like to do! Enjoy - you've earned it! 

Mom, me & Dad

Drew, Jenny & Lily

Nate, Dad T, Kesha & Mom T

New Donation Page!

Athletes For A Cure, the organization that raises money for the Prostate Cancer Foundation through athletic events of all types has had a bit of a makeover. With that makeover, comes a new donation page for us!

The DONATION tab at the top of the page will take you the new page, or follow the link below:

http://www.pcf.org/afac12/teamgshocksara

Some of the information is still being updated (our "honor roll" that lists all of our wonderful donors especially), so please be patient with that!

We're off to race #32 in the morning - wish us luck!

Tomatoes or Bust!

We have added yet another race to our calendar (see it over there ----->) for the Summer! For the third year in a row we will be running the East Nashville Tomato 5k this coming August. We're excited to try the course again and maybe convince some friends to join us (hint, hint). Come one, come all...last one to the finish line is a rotten tomato!!

Up The Hills We Go!

And when I say UP and HILL, I mean it. On Saturday we will run the Dash For Dad (previously known in TN as the Great Prostate Cancer Challenge). This is the 4th time we've run this one (see here, here and here for how we did before). The first 2 times we ran this race, the course was the same. The most recent time we ran it, the course was in the same area but a little different. And this time the race is in a completely different area and comes with many more (and steep) hills. We're excited for the challenge, and can't wait to see how we do!

The race will be a nice way to spend part of Father's Day Weekend as we remember why we started Team G Shock. We'll be thinking of our Dad's, and all of yours (and brothers and uncles and grandpas and friends) while we take to the course on Saturday morning.

Wish us luck!!

Event #31 - Memorial Day Dash

For the 3rd year in a row we spent our Memorial Day morning running the Memorial Day Dash! We've grown to really love this race and its a great way to start the day! The race always starts with the National Anthem being played while everyone turns and faces the giant flag that flies at Ft. Negley. This is probably one of the more challenging courses that we have run on - its fairly hilly, especially at the beginning, with not just steep but long hills too!

We had a couple of goals for this race. First, to finish under 30:00 and second, to try and break our time from this race last year. We started out pretty strong and by the time we got to the big hill we felt great. And as a bonus, at the top of the hill, we still felt great (thank you Crossfit CFT). We kept a steady pace throughout the race (hills? what hills?) and that helped us to accomplish both of our goals easily!

Here are the official results:

129th place - Nate Towne - 27:53
144th place - Sara Towne - 28:21

Those times are the 2nd best times EVER for both of us, which is pretty exciting. Also, Nate improved his time from this race last year by 2 minutes and 11 seconds while I was able to knock 3 minutes and 8 seconds off my time from last year! We were happy to see the improvements are excited for our upcoming races! We've got a couple of races coming up in the next month (check the calendar over there ---->), and are continuing to run in hopes of finding a cure for Prostate (and other) Cancer. If you'd like to donate to the cause, we would be thrilled to have your support!

GOOOO G SHOCK! We will leave you with a few photos from this weekend's race!

Before the race!

After!  

When we can't take pictures with mascots, 

I make Nate do funny things...like stretch his hammies :) 

Someday this will be me breaking the tape at a race! ;)

Race tomorrow!

Tomorrow, on Memorial Day, we will run our 31st race! Hard to believe it. We will have updates next week on how we did, but wanted to wish each of you a Happy Memorial Day! We hope that you get to enjoy some fun in the sun with family and friends. And please take a moment to remember and honor the soldiers, alive and fallen, who have made these days possible. I am especially thankful for my favorite Veteran - my Dad! This race is for you!