End of Tread Just a Day Away

This last week, after the race, I hardly ran at all. Not because of injury or anything negative but because my husband and I hit the weights hard! We've found that we really like to work out together. It's the first shared interest we've had since college. I spent the first part of this week just recovering. I was spent, front and back of me. It was kind of nice.

I said all that to say that it is a new day for me. Two months ago I was down and now not only am I up and running, I'm stronger and healthier. It's a more complete kind of health than just dieting or just trying to do a litle extra exercise to make up for the sweets I had earlier in the day.

The last day of the Tread is tomorrow! To wrap this baby up, I'll go for a nice long run in the morning - thankful with each step for this opportunity to raise awareness and funds and for such a speedy recovery. Thank you, God!

Thank you to those of you who have supported this journey - in prayer or through a donation. Together we raised $365 to go toward care for survivors and those vulnerable to exploitation.

To make a one-time gift, visit my donation page at http://Love146.kintera.org/tread/jenmellick

Middle of June...already??

It seems like only a few weeks ago that I began talking to people about Tread on Trafficking. In actuality, that was almost three months ago! Time flies.

At the time that I started to talk to people I was having a hard time getting around, and now I'm about to run my first 5K since my stress fracture. Woohoo!!

As always, the healing process is only a side note. The real story, the real plea, is about the women and children enslaved by sex trafficking. Entire communities and even cultures are tainted by this. It is destroying them from the inside out. Thousands and thousands of people are forever broken because of this most horrible evil.



Please, if you have not already done so, please give to Tread on Trafficking.

To make a one-time gift, visit my donation page at http://Love146.kintera.org/tread/jenmellick

Challenge Accepted...Challenge Extended

Chad and I have registered for the Hope Challenge 5K on June 18th.  I am pretty excited about it!

The last week has been encouraging. I have a certain level of paranoia that I've been calling "caution" that I'm letting go of a bit. Yes, I'm still being attentive, but overall, I've been good to go. I just don't want to push day after day. I will give myself an opportunity to recover. The 2 miles on Monday was a test. The 3 miles yesterday was an accident. Either way, I feel good.

Much more importantly, I would like to raise the campaign to you once again. I feel like I'm back in it and want to challenge each of you to join me in this. The ultimate goal is not that I recover. The goal is that we do what we can to help out women/children who are enslaved by sex trafficking. Please get involved.

Do what you can.

To learn more about trafficking or Love146, visit their website at http://www.love146.org/.

To make a one-time gift, visit my donation page at http://Love146.kintera.org/tread/jenmellick.

To make a pledge, visit the Pledges & One-Time Gifts page here on my blog.