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Today (9/25/09) marked 20 mi for our full marathon participants and 12 mi for our halfers! I can't begin to tell you how proud I am to see all these wonderful people who've not only risen to the challenge of testing their bodies and wills to the limit, but put their time and soul into raising the valuable funds needed to fight blood cancer!

It has been my utmost pleasure to have been onboard as a mentor this season and I am PROUD to enter into my role as Run Coach for the Spring Season and continue my path of making a difference in the lives of people effected by Leukemia & Lymphoma. NIKE 2010, my knee is healing and you're mine! So don't be shy friends, I AM STILL FUNDRAISING!!

October TEAM FUNdraisers:

10/31: Spooky Sprint (5K & 1/2 mile kids run)

Where: Belmont Pool 4000 Olympic Plaza, LB, CA 90803

For more info and/or to sign up:

http://www.active.com/page/Event_Details.htm?event_id=1793998&assetId=3635fb14-c062-44d0-b87e-09c20a831c21

You may also contact me at 949/929-7613 or by email at melanieb@jjtechnologyconsulting.com

Racing to Save Lives

The LA Marathon this past May was both brutal and amazing...and thankfully came to pass after I'd signed up to do it all over again! This season I'm not only taking on the volunteer role of being a mentor so that I can help others prepare for both the Long Beach and the Nike Women's Marathons this October...but I am fundraising again myself.

All of us on Team In Training are raising funds to help stop leukemia, lymphoma, Hodgkin lymphoma and myeloma from taking more lives. I am completing this event in memory of Ray Harris and my granddad Austin Welch, and in honor of survivors Pam Sloan, Jessica Mears, and Christina Branson-Smith, as well as all individuals who are or will be battling blood cancers. These people are the real heroes on our team.

They tell us in our training we'll make it to the finish line one step at a time and I ask you to please make a donation, one dollar at a time, so that we can advance to the ultimate finish line - a cure!

I hope you will visit my web site often. Be sure to check back frequently to see my progress and FUNdraising events I am putting together to reach this goal. Thanks for your support!