Running For My Grandma With Team In Training!

Thanks for taking a few minutes to visit my page and read about my story! It takes more than one person to make up a team and that’s why I’m asking you to donate to my TNT fundraising page for TNT! By participating as a member of The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s (LLS) TNT, I am raising funds to help find cures and ensure access to treatments for blood cancer patients.

This is near and dear to my heart, as my grandma was diagnosed with lymphoma almost a decade ago. She was a silent but strong fighter, never complaining through her rounds of chemo. She kept her joking spirit as she lost her hair. As soon as I landed back in the US after my study abroad in Europe, the first thing I did was go to the hospital and sit with her as she got a round of chemo. Thanks to the doctors at the Mayo Clinic, along with her fighting spirit, she beat lymphoma in her 80s! She has since passed away of other causes, and I really miss her. 

My very first race was in 2011, the weekend after she died. I ran the race in her memory, and her initials were on my hand, giving me strength and motivating me as I ran.

This fall I'll run in her memory again as I lace up my shoes to run the Indianapolis Monumental Half Marathon. I'm gunning for a new PR, and I'll be training hard as I raise money for this great cause. 

By donating, YOU are helping to save lives! Your donation will help fund treatments that save lives every day; like immnuotherapies that use a person’s own immune system to kill cancer. You may not know it, but every single donation helps save a life with breakthrough therapies such as these.

Please make a donation in support of my efforts with Team In Training and help get us all closer to a world without blood cancers. Every dollar helps! If you have questions, feel free to contact me at littlethingscaroline@gmail.com

Thank you for joining me in this journey!

Caroline