Racing to Save Lives

Welcome to my Team In Training home page!

Hi all! I wanted to update my Team in Training Page to let all of you know who have donated that I am up to 15 miles in my training and this Sunday 4/26 we are going up to 17 miles. The whole experience has been amazing. And, your support and donations have kept me MOTIVATED. Thank you for all of your generosity and mental/emotional support. I invite all of you to come down to San Diego to the marathon to not only cheer me on (all of your happy shiny faces will keep me running) but to also see how much every dollar you have donated counts. Over these weeks I have met people who have had a direct impact from the Team in Training Donations. Women who have their gas paid for on their way to doctor's appointments or son's whose father's have benefited from the research that the LLS has been funding. Come down to San Diego -- hear some rock n roll and cheer everyone on!

For all of you who are new here to the page...I'm training to run the San Diego Rock N Roll Marathon, Memorial Day, as a member of

The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society's (LLS) Team In Training. All of us on Team In Training are raising funds to help stop leukemia,

lymphoma, Hodgkin lymphoma and myeloma from taking more lives. This last January my friend Scott Harper died of Lymphoma. He was diagnosed in the Summer of 2008 and had a horrible struggle with the cancer for seven months. He was 39. I was shocked at how quickly his young life was taken. I have had other friends in the past battle Lymphoma and Leukemia, some have gone into remission, others have passed away. But what struck me about all of their struggles is that they were young. Those who passed away never got to lead a full life, and those who live still struggle with health concerns.

I am completing this event in honor of all individuals who are battling

blood cancers and to prevent other young people in the future from having to suffer the same fate as Scott.

We need your support to cross the ultimate finish line - a cure!

Not only am I pushing myself to run the San Diego Rock N Roll Marthon, but I am aiming to raise at least $3500. Please make a donation to support my participation in Team In

Training and help advance LLS's mission. In these hard times I would still ask you to think about those who are sick need our help more than ever. I hope I can count on everyone to give at least $30.

I hope you will visit my web site often. Be sure to check back frequently to see my progress. Believe me, the pictures will be hilarious and the struggles and triumphs in my training will be detailed with comedy. If you could forward my email or a link to my page to five other people who you know would be interested in donating to the cause I would greatly appreciate it. Thanks for your support!

xxxHalle