Yet Another Reason to do Team In Training

Recently, we found out that my uncle, Gary Brown was diagnosed with Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma. He has a slow-progressing form, and it's in stage one, so he has been given a good prognosis. He has started chemotherapy and will hopefully only have to have a few treatments, which is good. However, we would have been perfectly happy to never have a family member connection to this cause!

We will be running in his honor in Vancouver, and it has given us new motivation for the fundraising side of this adventure. It is a new reminder of what patients and their families are going through every day. The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society not only helps to fund research, but also helps families directly with financial grants and a copay assistance program. We are glad to be able to do this, our small part in the larger fight against cancer, generally, and to support my uncle, more specifically.

Vancouver Here We Come!

Okay, so after the whole injuring my hip incident - I got into a big car accident and broke my pelvis in three places (among other things that were broken). After five weeks in a wheelchair where I could put no weight on my legs at all, and another month of slowly walking around - I have been cleared to start running.

I have gone on maybe a total of 8 runs since then and have been doing intervals - 2 minutes of running and 2 minutes of walking. I have no endurance left and no muscle strength! But I am really glad to be back out there and running again.

Brant and I decided to sign up with Team In Training again - we're fundraising for The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society to help find a cure for blood cancers. We're also training for the BMO Vancouver International Marathon. Brant's thinking he'll do the full, and I'm thinking I'll do the half. Afterall - I just got cleared to run! We are hoping to raise about $8000 and every little bit helps! So please - help us out! And I will do my best to keep this thing updated!