Country Music Marathon!!!

Feeling a little lazy right now. Click HERE to read all about it!!!!!

Ready or not, here I come!

I had better be ready, because the 1/2 marathon is Saturday! I made shirts for Audrey and Ben to wear, and put my name on my singlet. Audrey told me she would cheer for me the whole time. She thinks I'm going to win the race.....I'll let her believe that.

I'm the one running, but this is hardly about me at all. It's about those who have cancer, had cancer, or who will get cancer in the future. It's about healing the sick, preventing future occurrences, honoring those who survived, and remembering those who lost their fight.

Glenda Brown is represented on all of this season's race singlets. She told Leukemia to take a hike and has been in remission for many, many years. Glenda is also a dear family friend, and I am proud to be honoring her!

5,011 reasons...

....to say THANK YOU! I made it to my $5,000 goal and could not be more grateful to all of you who donated. You all have been so generous and have made a huge difference in this world by giving to this cause. The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society will use your donations to directly help families who are struggling and to also fund research to work toward a cure for all blood cancers. I am overwhelmed by the amount of support that has come my way, and by the amount of money that you all helped me raise.

61 different people donated, averaging $82 per donation. I'd say that's quite impressive. I have such generous friends and family and even received donations from people I have not seen in 10 or more years. I can't say thank you enough!

The "big race" is next Saturday and I am ready to rock! It's going to be a blast and I will be wearing my purple with pride! Go TEAM!

All of you are Rockstars in my book!

Sara Mellander
Jessica Digh
Eric Berry
Kristen Holland
Stacey Mercuri
Laura DeBeer
Stefanie Cole
Bill, Julia, William and Patrick McKee
Katy Dudley Wilcox
Sande Jason and Lukas Thompson
Jamie Sexton
Brook Hill
Kristen Heaney
Emily and Shaun Fowler
Carolyn Phillips
Don and Anita Barry
Colleen Marable
Jerra Fortner
The Sparks Family
Robert Bloxom
Keith Hanchett
Courtney Whittaker
Janelle Kjoelen
Jenny Burris
Rebecca, Greg & Macy Fallon
The Carr Family
Mary Elizabeth Schnur
Wyatt and Glenda Brown
Frank & Lindsay LaSala
Marcia Fulton
Polie Parnell
Zach and Kim Johnson
Pop and Yaya
Sandra Coyer
Helen Pahler
Charles Thompson
Jessica Bojic
Glennys Rubin
Kelly Stamey
Sally House
Marjorie Davis
Cindy Plank
PHYLLIS B LUISI
Raymond and Deon Jones
Wallace & Wanda Berry
Sandra & Joseph Sciortino
Winston & Cara Brasor
Martha Charlebois
Vicki Sain
Teresa & Sanjiv Lakhia
john and kelly tritschler
Ernest Pruitt
Patrick Ferguson
Buddy and ME
Dawn Sorrentino
Bryan Pruitt
Shaf and Melinda Holden
Kate and Beau Hutto
Barbara Stein
Kady, Dan, and Maggie Cipriani
Jim House
Connie Rheinecker

Race Fest

It's another 10K under my belt....another challenge, and another practice in hill climbing. Jeff and I ran the 10K Charlotte Race Fest this weekend and had a great time. It's such a different feeling than a huge race like the Cooper River. We got there less than an hour before the start and had plenty of time to pick up our packets and get in place to race. It was fun. My time was within 20 seconds of my Cooper River time, so I guess I can say that I am consistent. The good news about this race is that a) I got a medal, and Audrey thinks I am super cool, and that Daddy and I WON the race, and b) I tried a new energy gel and it was much easier to tolerate than the cement glue-ish version of another brand that I had previously tried, and barfed in the sink! It's only 2 weeks away from the BIG race! I got all my miealge in this weekend by doing 4 today and am looking forward to the real deal.

I'm such a Rockstar!!!!

One of the really cool things about TNT is all the support and cheers you get from your coaches and teammates. A few weeks ago I got a phone call from one of my mentors telling me that I am a Rockstar!!! That means that I was $1,000 over my goal. Today I received a black TNT hat with "Rockstar" embroidered on it. What can I say I always knew I was a Rockstar.....ok, maybe not, but it's nice to be one now. A HUGE thank you goes out to all of you for donating to this worthy cause and making me the Rockstar that I am today! By the way, this girl ran 12 miles again today and it came a lot easier than the last 12 miles I did. That's the way it's supposed to be, and it is nice to feel the improvement. Have a wonderful day and be sure to have a blessed Easter. There is no more exciting day than Easter.

The Breakup

It's not like I was looking for them, they just kind of came to me. That is, if you call all the online shoe stores that send me emails daily, then yes, they found me. The Adidas shoes served me well to get me started running, but these new Mizunos seem to really work for me. Sorry Adidas, it's not you, it's me. I'll still use you for cross-training, but it's me and Mizuno for the big race!