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 [...]
2009 Team In Training Information Video
This video is why I joined Team in Training. It also made me cry.
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Last Saturday was my first day of training for TnT. I managed to get up around 5:45 am (ok more like 6:15 am) and make it over to Memorial Park at 6:45 am to meet my new coaches, mentors and teammates. We really couldn’t have asked for a more beautiful day. It was probably around [...]
Yesterday I finally committed to running a full marathon at the Mayor’s Marathon in Anchorage Alaska with Team in Training on June 20, 2009! I’ve been wanting to do Team in Training since 2001 but never really followed through. How amazing is it that with TNT you can kill three birds with one stone? I [...]