Katie's Team In Training Page

"What is not started today is never finished tomorrow." - Johann Wolfgang van Goethe


I'm training to complete the Marine Corps Marathon in October 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 racing in honor of the real heroes on our team, the individuals who are battling blood cancers, and we need your support to cross the ultimate finish line - a cure!!


I am training and racing in memory of my uncle Marek, my Godmother's husband, who passed away earlier this year from Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma. I am also running in honor of some amazing individuals who are survivors-extraordinaire! I do all of this for Paulette, Shannon, Laura and Ryan. My goal is to make sure that no family has to go through what their families have been through.


I am 2 months away from the marathon now, and I have never been this nervous in my life! We have an 18 mile run this weekend and this will be the furthest distance I have ever run in my life! I am also well into my fundraising. As of today, I have raised 43% of my goal of $2,500.I still have a long way to go and a lot less time to do it in, so I hope you guys help out as much as you can!


As the quote says, let's start donating today so that we can see a cure for this horrendous disease tomorrow!


Be sure to check back frequently to see my progress. Thanks for your support!


-Katie


Katie Grzechnik

Last Edited on: 09/22/2009

8 comments

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    "Welcome to the Team! Good luck at the Lawyers Have Heart 10K and see you next Saturday!"
     

    Jennifer Zeitzer

    Fri Jun 12 04:28:56 EDT 2009

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    "Go Katie!! :D You're my hero!!! ^_^"
     

    Jeane Nuhaily

    Sat Jun 13 04:31:45 EDT 2009

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    "Hi Katie! Best of luck on your race. I'm so proud of you! When I become a dentist, I'll donate a Titanium donation but until then...here's some support from my brokea$$ hahaha. Love u H.bag muahhhh"
     

    Cindy D. Bag :)

    Fri Jul 03 07:18:32 EDT 2009

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    "Woohooo!!! Go girl!!"
     

    Liz Bowman

    Fri Jul 17 10:35:01 EDT 2009

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    "I know it's not much, but I hope it helps! Best of luck, and I'll be cheering for you!!"
     

    Celeste

    Thu Aug 20 10:53:00 EDT 2009

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    "In honor of my niece, Hannah who was diagnosed with Leukemia when she was 2 years old. She is now a lively eight year old with no sign of cancer! Good luck, Katie!"
     

    Karl Van Haute

    Fri Aug 28 12:20:14 EDT 2009

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    "good luck!!!!"
     

    Agnieszka Grzechnik

    Tue Sep 15 12:20:50 EDT 2009

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    "You're awesome Katie! Keep it up and run your ass off for L&LS! Good luck with the rest of your training and fundraising! :)"
     

    Vy-van Tran

    Tue Sep 22 11:59:45 EDT 2009

My Fundraising Total

Raised: $2,185.00 | Goal: $2,500.00
 
87 %

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