Disclaimer

Douchebag Lawyer Disclaimer: It should be pretty obvious, but the views and opinions expressed on this site are not necessarily representative of the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, Team in Training, or even the author. So please don't get all butthurt and spoil the fun.

Wednesday, November 30, 2011

BONUS ROUND - $150 - PICK MY OUTFIT - COMPLETE!

Wow.  So I either underestimated your generosity or your desire to humiliate me, so let's take it to the next level!

CHALLENGE - For $150, I will wear the Speedo of your choice! (COMPLETED)


I was planning on wearing a classic black, but maybe you want me to dress things up a little?

Or perhaps, something with a little more color to it?

Why not something ... exotic?

DEADLINE - SATURDAY, December 3rd at 5PM (Happy Birthday Mom!)


I'll put a poll up to help people decide, but preference goes to the donors who get me there.  If you're not happy with the choices provided, I do all my swimsuit shopping at SwimOutlet, so feel free to find something else for me if you want.  I'd say let's go for stuff in a size 32 to minimize any chafing.

What are you waiting for? Give Till It Hurts!

Tuesday, November 29, 2011

Challenge #1 - $250 - Jingle Bell Slog - COMPLETE!

I fucking hate Christmas music.  I don't understand how anybody can care about anything for as long as people seem to care about Christmas music.  I had an ex-girlfriend that would listen to it nonstop from Thanksgiving onward and never got tired of it.  To me, that's more of a red-flag than animal torture.

But this isn't my opening salvo in the War on Christmas (as a Jew, I think we started that 2011 years ago - whoops).  It's just the introduction to our first challenge.

I just signed up for the NY Road Runners Jingle Bell Jog, a fun, holly-jolly 4 mile jog through Brooklyn's Prospect Park on December 10th.  Apparently people dress up like reindeer and prance around like a less-fun version of Santacon.













(This looks like a bunch of fun too, sure)

Anyways, it looks like this could be a nice, relaxing run.  Or, it could be a brutally cold, frostbite inducing death march.

CHALLENGE #1: For $250, I will run the Jingle Bell Jog in nothing but a Speedo (Donation Link) COMPLETE!


I don't care if there's snow on the ground or it's pouring rain, I will do the whole goddamn race in a tiny speedo, my running shoes, and maybe a nice pair of pink knee socks.  I also might wear a pair of gloves if it's particularly nippy, and I'm a pussy.  If for some reason it's freakishly warm, I'll do the run on a colder day, promise!

To make matters worse: look at the race's soundtrack.  This may prove to be the most brutal part of the whole thing.

As of this writing, I'm $25 over my original $1,600 goal (thanks, Meg!), so that counts.  The new goal is $1,850.


DEADLINE: December 9th at 7:00 PM


We'll probably do weekly challenges from here on out, but I wanted to give you guys enough time to find the site and warm up your wallets.

You can use the widget in the top right hand corner of this page, or donate directly to my page

Give till it hurts!

An Introduction

Dear Internet,

I figured we should get acquainted before things get too ... personal.  I'm a 20something lawyer/consultant who just recently got back into running.  I signed up for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society's Team in Training program to train for the NYC half marathon, and make me feel better about my soul-crushing job by raising money for a good cause.

I was really nervous about meeting the $1,600 fundraising minimum.  I thought of this site idea imagining it would be two weeks before the race and i was still hundreds of dollars short.  I was pretty blown away when I raised the whole thing in about two weeks.

For those of you who don't know me, I'm not one to rest on my laurels.  I'm way too type-A for that.  I want to raise the shit outta some funds.  I want to raise ALL the funds.  So I'm gonna do this anyways.  Here's how this is gonna work:

  • I set a price point and a deadline for a specific activity and adjust my donation goal (see the widget in the top right corner of your screen?) accordingly.
  • You (the internet) give me all of your money.  Seriously, all of it.  Just click the widget (it's still there in the top right corner of your screen) and give it to me.
  • If we reach the donation goal by the deadline, I am honor bound to perform and document the activity, and post pictures and video on this site as a punishment/reward.
  • If we don't - you love cancer.  What is wrong with you?  We'll move on to the next activity - and the donation amount will carry over.  For example - if I set a goal for $200, but only make $150 by the deadline, that $150 will carry over to the next activity.  If it's a $200 activity, you only have $50 more to go!  But seriously, this is never going to happen, right?  Because you hate cancer?  Or want to humiliate me?  Right?

    Since I'm a douchebag lawyer, I'm gonna reserve the right to amend these rules if they aren't fun enough, or if I come up with a better system.  I promise I will only do this to encourage more terrible things happening to me, and not to wimp out of something I signed up to do.

    I've got a preliminary list of activities planned out, but am always open to suggestions.  Leave a comment if you've got a suggestion.  I won't do something that's gonna get me fired, and probably won't do something that might get me arrested, but I can be flexible on that.  I want them to be running or race related though, so be creative!

    Activities/deadlines will probably be posted on a weekly basis, but we'll see how things go and play it by ear.

    Enough of the boring shit, let's get to the humiliation.  Please, give till it hurts.