Training Log – July 20

Can hitting golf balls at the driving range be considered training?  No matter. After that I got in a good hour on the stairmaster, including 30 minutes of aerobic program at level nine.  (Fascinating, huh).  On the other hand, I traded checks for causes with a member of the shul – Tasha Poslaniec.  

More significantly, for the Waves to Wine ride, I’ll be dedicating it to Elsa McCoy, a member of the shul, who has had more than her fair share of tzuris, if there is such a thing.  There will be a post or page on Elsa, and a brief description on my Waves to Wine post as well.

You Have to Ask

So today I started fund-raising in earnest for both Waves to Wine and the Israel Hazon ride.  We often find ourselves living at the intersection of two conflicting ideas or emotions.  On the one hand, who enjoys asking people for money, even when for a good cause.  On the other hand, soliciting for a good cause provides people the opportunity to do a mitzvah, and to act on their altruistic impulses.  Somewhere, I think this is high up on Maimonides’s ladder of charity. Here’s how the ladder looks from one Muslim’s point of view.