You Can Win a Free Coaching CD!

January 4th, 2010 • Related • Filed Under

My friend Mike Brooks has a lot of experience raising money for non-profit and charitable organizations. He has raised 10s of thousands of dollars for Camp Sunshine.

Last year, before his most recent fund raiser which brought in about $11,000, we conducted a coaching session that went through everything that he knows about raising money from A to Z.

And now…I want to give you a chance to win a copy of the CD.

There are two ways to win. I will choose 5 random commenters in this thread to award a digital copy of the coaching session. Just leave a comment below with a valid email address (which will not be visible on the website) and I will randomly choose 5 people to award.

I will also award 1 physical copy of the CD. In order to win the physical copy of the coaching CD, your comment needs to make a guess.

On Twitter, I have been offering a daily running quote for about a year and a half. Almost every weekday, I’ve put up a motivational or humorous quote.

The person who’s comment guesses the somebody to the number of quotes that I have offered in 2008 and 2009 will win a physical copy of the CD. If more than one person guesses the number of quotes that I have left, then I will randomly choose amongst those closest (or right on.)

So, to recap: I’m giving away 1 physical CD to anybody that guesses the closest to the number of quotes that I have published on Twitter, and I’m giving away 5 copies of the mp3 randomly amongst anybody that comments on this post, whether they guess or not.

So…who wants a free coaching session?

Update: I forgot to state how long the contest runs for…it’ll end on Sunday night at midnight (EST) leading into Monday morning…it’s a weekly contest so the goal will be to award the prizes for this contest and start the next one next Monday.

There Are 28 Responses So Far. »

  1. Comment by Chris Vanacore on 2010 January 5:

    Blaine– thank you for all you do for the running community!! You are one of my inspirations.

    I will have to check out the twitter feed for the quotes. I would guess you have put 360 quotes out in 2008 and 2009.

  2. Comment by Perry on 2010 January 5:

    Hello Blaine,

    Good luck on the 1 mile challenge! I’d be interested to see what you’ve included in the coaching program.

  3. Comment by Tom Ackerson on 2010 January 5:

    Thanks for the website, e-mail newsletter and the twitter feed. All these things keep me motivated to go one more mile.

    I’m going to guess 533 as the amount of QOTD’s. I have no idea how many, but 365 days in a year and Larry Bird was great! 533 seems like a good guess.

  4. Comment by mike early on 2010 January 5:

    Always interesting things to read on runtowin and good training tips as well. I would guess about 230 quotes over a year an a half.

  5. Comment by Jeff Donahue on 2010 January 5:

    I would guess 542 quotes over 2008 and 2009.

    Hope the challenge is going well. I was actually looking at my log for the past few days and my log has gone up a mile each day for the past three days – dont expect me to keep that up for a month though. Hang tight – the tough part hasnt started yet.

  6. Comment by John Fenton on 2010 January 5:

    Just as a coincidence, I’ll probably stay ahead of the challenge through Sunday, but I’ll fall off the wagon come Monday. I’m not going to run 11 miles on a Monday during a cutback week. Good luck with the tough final two weeks.

    I’m guessing 468 quotes.

  7. Comment by Rick Hunter on 2010 January 5:

    Thanks for the website, Blaine. I’ll guess 390 quotes. Now if I can ever get over this 2-week old cough, I can start running again.

  8. Comment by Dusty on 2010 January 5:

    Would love to see your quotes on FB too! I don’t keep up with Twitter. :)

  9. Comment by Darcy Cote on 2010 January 5:

    Good luck to you with your challenge, very impressive! I may not be able to run 500 miles in a month, but I am definitely running for sunshine!

    I am going to guess 535 quotes.

    I did make a funny comment about running for the sun in general since we get buried with snow in Maine. But I forgot to mention that your challenge is for a really good cause…and I know personally, when I run a race, it really isn’t just to challenge myself, but where my money goes, I think most of us can relate. So kudos, and Good luck!

  10. Comment by Sue Schoch on 2010 January 5:

    Love your updates. Fund raising can be challenging even if it is for a good cause. Would love to know more through the CD.
    Would have to guess 420 qoutes.
    I would love Facebook quotes. I don’t really follow Twitter even
    though I have an account.
    Thanks for all the updates.

  11. Comment by Eddie on 2010 January 5:

    My guess is 315 QOTDs. Also, I think running 500 miles in a month is insane. :)

  12. Comment by Sam on 2010 January 5:

    So nice to see people who are already challenging themselves as much as possible help those starting out with a bit of daily inspiration and a few words of wisdom. Good luck with the challenge, I’m going to be do my first marathon later this year.

    Plucking a number out the air, I’ll guess at 349 posts.

  13. Comment by Lorrie Gray on 2010 January 5:

    Good Luck with your running this month!

    My guess is 380 quotes.

  14. Comment by Lisa on 2010 January 5:

    Nice article. Thanks for the inspiration.

    Lisa

  15. Comment by Angela Current on 2010 January 5:

    As a cancer survivor that has seen first hand how heartbreaking it is for children with cancer, I love the concept of 1 More Mile for Sunshine! Wonderfully inspirational!

    I would have to guess that you had about 513 quotes. Love your email Run to Win also!

    Best Wishes for 1 More Mile for Sunshine.

    Angela

  16. Comment by Norm C on 2010 January 5:

    Excellent idea Blaine. Cancer hits so many and its great you are using your talents to help. I wish you the best and can’t wait to see you hit 500 on 1/31.

  17. Comment by crossn81 on 2010 January 5:

    I’m going to guess 510.

  18. Comment by Teresa on 2010 January 5:

    Thanks for all the great advise and inspiration. I guess 492.

  19. Comment by Melissa on 2010 January 6:

    Hey I like your cartoon of you lol!!! I don’t have a twitter yet, when I get one i’ll definely check it out. I’m gonna guess 302. Thanx for all the feedback and good luck on your sunshine run!!

    Wait I just want another guess lol!!! I believe its more like 234!! Its ok if If I can’t guess twice!! Anywayz hapi day.

  20. Comment by Jim Berger on 2010 January 6:

    Best of success to ya’ on this endeavor … thanks for sharing. I’ll guess 516 Quotes of the Day.

  21. Comment by Don on 2010 January 6:

    This 1 mile challenge sounds tough – good running! How about 365 quotes!

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  23. Comment by Ingrid F. on 2010 January 7:

    I’m impressed with your goal! Where there’s a will, there’s a way!
    Best of Luck and may your body be strong. Thanks for sharing your enthusiasm and knowledge…and quotes. Now I have to search out those quotes.

    You said about a year and a half of quotes = 78wk and you did them on weekdays = 390 days but not all so I guess 378 quotes.

  24. Comment by kevin on 2010 January 7:

    Blaine,

    I have a hard time grasping 500 miles in one month….crazy as I only ran a little over a thousand miles for the whole year.

    My guess for the quotes is 371.

    kevin

  25. Comment by Ceri Davies on 2010 January 7:

    Hi Blaine,

    This is an awesome challenge; bet you’re cursing the snow and I hope you something suitably relaxing lined up February!

    I’m guessing 352 for the QOTD number.

  26. Comment by Blaine Moore on 2010 January 11:

    24 contest entries…which means that everybody has a better than 1 in 5 chance of winning a prize!

    I’ll announce winners this evening.

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