In all seriousness, though, thank you for your interest in taking the first step to supporting my campaign with The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society's Team in Training. By clicking on the "view my page" link in the purple box to the right of this, and every post, you will be taken to my personal fundraising page where you will see more details on the event I am currently training for, the reasons I am training, and directions on how you can help. Even if you choose not to donate at this time, I would encourage you to continue checking in with my blog to see exciting other opportunities in which you can support my efforts. Not to mention just general every day posts outlining my training adventures, day to day life, and, if you're lucky, philosophical insights :-).
This blog is actually a continuation of a previous blog (which I unfortunately no longer have access to due to some log-in "issues") I began in July 2010 when I was first embarking on my adventures with Team in Training. At that time, I was training for the 2011 Disney Marathon. Within two months of beginning that blog and training, my whole world was turned upside down with the following year being the most difficult time in my life. That all seems so long ago, but also, on the other hand, like just yesterday. My life has changed a lot since I started that first blog...I've lived in seven different places which included moving out of my beloved Perry County, got divorced, changed jobs, engaged (75 feet up in a tree!) and subsequently re-married, added to our family (of the furry variety), made some new friends, lost some old ones, and bought a house in October (so no more moves for a VERY long time...although currently we still have some stuff left in our old house). However, through it all, one thing that remained consistent was my love of running.
I would encourage you to visit my old blog for a little bit of "background", especially in regards to my involvement with Team in Training. If you read no other post on that blog, make sure you at least read my very first post; it can be found here. One regret that I do have with that blog is that my last post was in February of 2011...and I never documented my experience completing my first TNT event, the 2011 San Diego Marathon (notice this was NOT the Disney Marathon I originally set out to do...you'll have to check out my old blog further for details as to why). Hopefully, throughout the life of this blog (which I hope to be longer than just May 19, 2013 which is the date of the Black Bear Triathlon, the event I am currently training for with Team in Training) I will at some point go back and blog about the events I completed between now and then...if for nothing else than for my own memory and reference, as I hear that tends to diminish as you get older, and I am going to reach a milestone birthday in 2013, so I don't want to take any chances...
Well, it is time to head to TNT's Kickoff for Spring 2013. Tonight I will meet my coaches, mentors, and teammates who are all coming together for one goal - to raise funds for life saving cancer research therapies that are saving lives today. And that, my friends, is why I am back for a second-go-round with Team in Training.
My foot in the Pacific Ocean off Coronado Beach June 5, 2011 after finishing the San Diego Marathon
