Thank you so much for all of your support!! I have met my goal for Alaska and have already signed up for PF Chang's. If you are looking to donate, please visit this website and get me started on my fundraising for my next adventure in January 2012!

http://pages.teamintraining.org/dm/pfchangs12/nautweety

I could not have done this without all of you. Thank you so much for your support and generosity. You can keep track of me on facebook race weekend as well as my blog if I manage to update it.

We will find a cure one day and your support will be a part of that.......

Come out and bowl for a good cause! Contact me for more details....

Well, another underground, black market bake sale has come and gone. Carbs for Cancer was a success and I would like to thank everyone for their support!! Thanks to Aunt Betty, Katie, Becca, and Mary for helping me out and baking and everyone else for partaking in the yummy treats that put everyone's healthy eating down the tubes for the week!

Thanks to everyone who bought raffle tickets as well. I am sorry that none of you won.....

I am putting in another Chico Bag order, so if you are interested, please let me know! They are amazing....just ask anyone who has purchased a few!

Thanks again to everyone who is supporting me yet again! Stay tuned.....I will double the 13.1 miles in my next TNT event next year....

My race jersey from PF Chang's this year.

As the Mission Captain for Team in Training, I send out emails to our Marathon and Hike participants on a weekly basis to help them feel connected to the cause. This week, a high school classmate of mine lost his son to Neuroblastoma, an aggressive childhood cancer. I had followed his wife's blog from day one and felt connected to this family's journey through her powerful, emotional words. Here is the email I sent my TEAM this week:

Hello TEAM Arizona!

I hope everyone had a great weekend and all the Mom's out there had a great Mother's Day!!

Normally, I send out my mission emails towards the end of the week but today is different. Today I am reminded of why I continue to get up early on Saturdays and why I ask people for money until they ignore my emails for awhile....it is for people like Ronan, the little guy we have been talking about more for the past week or so.

Sadly, Ronan lost his battle this morning with cancer, an ugly childhood cancer that is so aggressive that it took his little life 9 months after he was diagnosed, the day after Mother's Day, and 3 days before he was to turn 4 years old. Why? That is one question I will never understand but one that make me fight even harder.

www.rockstarronan.com - if you need inspiration, there it is. In the form of the most beautiful blue eyes that are now looking down on all of us from above. So many tears shed today across the country for this little boy; tears of sadness and anger. Disgust that there is not a cure for these cancers.

I know that I sleep better at night knowing that I am doing what I can to make a difference and that people are helped because of the money I raise and you should all feel the same way. Your hard work and dedication to this cause makes a difference in many lives and for that, you should be very proud. I am...proud of all of you for sticking with this goal you set months ago. Not only are you completing an endurance event, which not many people can say they have done. You are doing so for a cause, which makes the experience a much sweeter one in the end. Thank you for being here and for fighting for those who are currently fighting, who have fought and won, and for those who fought the good fight and did not win.

I hope everyone has a wonderful week and a great practice this weekend...whether you are running, walking, or hiking. You are inspiring to those around you.

In honor of Ronan, a huge fan of Star Wars, I leave you with a quote from Yoda, "Do or do not, there is no try." Thank you for going above and beyond trying and just doing what you are with TNT for all those affected by a blood cancer.

May the Force be with you as we approach all of our events.

Go TEAM!

Joy Gaeraths

Mission Captain

LLS Mission: Cure leukemia, lymphoma, Hodgkin's disease and myeloma, and improve the quality of life of patients and their families.

So, if you need any type of inspiration in your life, visit www.rockstarronan.com and read about the Thompson's journey over the past 9 months and how they continue on a different path of this journey from yesterday on.

Here is that bright star who will watch over all of us...Our own little Yoda

Hello Friends!! More fundraisers!! We are raffling off a Kindle and some other cool prizes. Holler at me if you would like to make a donations in the increments listed below to get your name in the raffle. Or, you can donate via this website as well. Thanks for your support!!