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More than a little worried…

This is just as I suspected. I had a feeling running 26.2 miles part of Team in Training would not be the hard part, it’s the raising money part that has been so difficult. Here’s what has happened.
In the last month I left the job I loved at Schipul and am now working [...]

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2009 Team In Training Information Video

2009 Team In Training Information Video
This video is why I joined Team in Training. It also made me cry.

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Team in Training Week 5: Predicting Marathon Pace

So it’s week five of training for the Mayor’s Marathon in Anchorage Alaska with the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society’s Team in Training. Last Saturday we ran 8 miles through River Oaks and the rodeo parade. It was the first time I’ve ever run that far without stopping. I actually did stop once because [...]

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Team in Training Progress Week 4

We’re coming up on week 4 of Team in Training and starting to reach the higher mileages (eek!). On Saturday we’ll be running 8 miles through River Oaks and trying to avoid the rodeo parade.
Here’s the route we’ll be taking:ch the higher mileages (eek!). On Saturday we’ll be running 8 miles through River [...]

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Our running routes so far for Team in Training practice

Don’t believe I’ve been running as far as I say I have? Me neither! Here’s proof:
This map is our running route that we did last Saturday for Team in Training. It was 4.15 miles.
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And here’s the running route for this Saturday 6.04 [...]

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Why I’m Running a Marathon with Team in Training

Despite the fact that I really just like to run, I’m also doing Team in Training for a very personal reason: for my hero, my grandfather.  When I was nine years old, my grampa was diagnosed with Myelofibrosis which is a disease (myeloproliferative) in which scar-like tissue forms in the marrow as a result of [...]

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