Thursday, August 24, 2006
Running for My Life
Kara and I had this silly idea that we should train to run a half marathon. What the hell were we thinking? First, it is going to be in Disney which will be fun for Baby Buffalo and Noodle (they are the best of long distance friends) and will be freaking murder on the 2 of us a great bonding moment for us. Secondly, we are going to be raising money for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. My mother died of Chronic Lymphocytic leukemia two years ago so I feel strongly about supporting this organization. Thirdly, my brother and I have a 10% greater chance of getting this same leukemia than someone whose parent hasn't had it. I am literally running for my life, and that of my brother and that of my daughter. Finally, I have always wanted to be able to run a marathon. I just think that is cool.
We are going to working with Team in Training. Soon this blog will be all fancy, there will be bells and whistles galore. There will even be a link that you can click to support us (we raise money individually so we both have our own link). But this blog is also like training for a 13.1 mile run. You start slow, with a mile, or maybe even a half mile (or in my case, a quarter mile). We are in week 1 of a 17 week training schedule. So this week you get a standard template and no bells or whistles. But you just wait, because soon this blog will be running a half marathon.
We are going to working with Team in Training. Soon this blog will be all fancy, there will be bells and whistles galore. There will even be a link that you can click to support us (we raise money individually so we both have our own link). But this blog is also like training for a 13.1 mile run. You start slow, with a mile, or maybe even a half mile (or in my case, a quarter mile). We are in week 1 of a 17 week training schedule. So this week you get a standard template and no bells or whistles. But you just wait, because soon this blog will be running a half marathon.
