Yesterday I finished my first marathon. It was HARD work, but with Sean, my parents, and the Team in Training crew to cheer me on, I did it.

The night before the race I enjoyed a wonderful pasta dinner with my Team in Training teammates, coaches, and honored heroes from NH, MA, and RI. It's great to be in a room with so many people who share a common goal.

My official net time was 4:26:06 - much slower than my planned pace, but a successful day because I ran 26.2 miles in a row!

Thank you very much to everyone who donated to the Leukemia & Lymphoma society, cheered me on, or even just sent a nice note. You are all amazing and I couldn't have done this without you.

Much love from my couch where I'll be camped out for at least a day or two!

- LK

Oh boy - less than 2 weeks until my FIRST MARATHON!!

Last week's 20 miler went great (and that's actually a true statement!) This week I shortened my long run by a little bit. Even though I felt fantastic mentally after my longest run ever, my left knee still had some hesitation of ever running again. After 8 miles, we decided to agree to disagree -but it's already feeliing much better today. 13 Days (yikes!) is the perfect amount of recovery time that it'll need.

I may have confused some people (including myself) about my fundraising deadline. It's really not until just after my event - but earlier is better - you can get it out of the way :)

In less than an hour, I'll be heading out for the longest run of my life! 20 miles!!

This is the longest we'll run before the marathon, and we'll do a "taper" phase next which will help rest and prepare our legs for 26.2 miles in October.

My final fundraising donations are due by 9/17 - which is next Friday. I encourage everyone reading this who thought "What a great cause, I'll donate tomorrow," to donate TODAY!

Enjoy the weekend!

-LK

Last night - some checks were matched to my LLS account and I've reached my $2000 goal. But, why stop there? I've had some great momentum lately with my training and fundraising, and I really don't feel like stopping now. My Team in Training minimum fundraising amount was $1,450.00, so I'd like to raise $1,000 more than that.

Every.

Single.

Penny.

That is donated over the $1,450 minimum goes directly to LLS.

"Let's go People!!!!" - Sean P.Diddy Combs

Good news: My knee is feeling better (it's been a little wishy/washy)

Great news: I've reached 85% of my fundraising goal!

Thanks as always for the support.

Check out this video of an amazing young lady. This makes all of our Training and rainy/hot/cold/long runs worth it! (skip to 2:15 to hear her personal story and message.)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XKwBnNwQcGE