Racing to Save Lives

Welcome to my Team In Training home page.

As many of you already know, my mother has bravely fought against Kidney Cancer (Renal Cell Carcinoma) for the last 8 years. I have watched her and our family go through some difficult times but we are fortunate that she is still with us and is in remission. Her strength and her bravery inspire me everyday and I am doing this marathon because I know that she can't. I'm also taking on this challenge so that others can benefit from the money raised through programs such as Team in Training. Although my mother does not have Leukemia, I do believe that the goal to find a cure and effective treatments is something that can benefit all of us.

All this said, I'm training to participate in an endurance event 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. I am completing this event in honor of all individuals who are battling cancers, espcially my mother. These people are the real heroes on our team, and we need your support to cross the ultimate finish line - a cure!

Please make a donation to support my participation in Team In Training and help advance LLS's mission. I know a lot of us are students and/or can't afford much, but every donation counts!

I hope you will visit my web site often. Be sure to check back frequently to see my progress. or keep up with my progress and training here. Also, please pass this information and/or this website to the people we know in common and anyone else you think would be interested in supporting this very important cause!

Those of you who are in the Boston area and cannot make a monetary donation are welcome to come out to the marathon on October 5th in Portland, Maine to watch and support!

Thanks for your support!

P.S. - Please visit my husband Edgar's page as well since he too is participating in this marathon! Our good friend and neighbor, Sarah, will be training with us and doing a half marathon the same day. Please check out her page as well.