Go Office Max!

Thank you to the Office Max on 44th St and Thomas for donating $25 worth of office supplies. That $25 provides patients and their loved ones with FREE booklets that contain up-to-date information on their disease and help them make informed decisions about their treatment options.

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Most of the gang, Central Team, Go Central! I'm in th back row next to Coach Bobby

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New running shoes! About to
get some dust on them!


February 20, 2010

I have let this cold get the best of me for the last two weeks. No more, I'm ready to get serious about my marathon training. Today was our 2nd team training, the goal was 3 miles. Off I go...uh oh...lungs burning, left knee twinging, toes feeling numb...I must be close to finishing my three miles!!! Not so fast, I was only a quarter mile in. So I started to pace with the telephone poles, walk to the next pole, jog to the pole after that, walk to the next pole and so on. As I was walking/jogging and trying to ignore the various pains in my body I started to think back to San Francisco 2008 when I was cheering my cousins on for their first marathon. At the time I was really there to just cheer them on. I knew they were running to raise funds for a cure, I knew the emotional ties they had because of Brian's father Rich but I just didn't fully feel connected to the cause even though I was saddened by Rich's condition. I had even forgotten at the time that my own grandmother, Florence "Pete" Gulde had passed away from Leukemia. I've only been with this organization since February but it's hard not to get swept up into the excitement, energy and compassion that every single person who is associated with TNT exudes.

I'd really like to say thank you to those of you who have already donated towards this very worthy cause and shared names of their loved ones who have/are battling blood cancers. I'll think of them, along with Rich and Pete during my trainings, they will spur me on when I don't want to get the next telephone pole.

Please be sure to post comments and past this blog on to your friends and co-workers.

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First Day of Team Training

Yesterday was my first team training. We all gathered at Grenada Park at 7:30 in the morning. All week I've been fighting a cold and wasn't sure how much actual running I was going to be able to do. But I knew I didn't want to miss the first training.

I let the coach and the captains know that I wasn't feeling well, and they all told me to listen to my body and do as much as I can but not to kill myself. Coach Bobby had us do a warm up jog and I was doing okay for about 2 minutes. During the lap, I was talking with one of the captains and I lost steam about half way through. I slowed to a walk and walked the rest of the way in. Fortunately my ego did not get involved and I didn't feel that I needed to prove myself by overdoing it on my first practice, this is a marathon I'm traing for after all. For me it's about crossing the finishing line and raising money to help find a cure, not about how fast I go.

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