My Fundraising Page

Racing to Save Lives

Welcome to my Team In Training home page.

I'm training to participate in an endurance event as a member of The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society's (LLS) Team In Training of Northern New Jersey. 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 blood cancers. Some of thse people are in my own family. These people are the real heroes on our team, and we need your support to cross the ultimate finish line - a cure!

I will be running the Marine Corp Marathon on October 26th 2008 in Washington DC and celebrate 20 years cancer free and turning 50. I had testicular cancer when I was 29 years old which spread one year later to the lymph gland which wound up being a level 4. I went through surgery, radiation and chemo therapy losing 30 pounds at that time and all my body hair. This had a toll on my body, mind and spirit at the time and 20 years later I know it is time to give back to celebrate my 20 years of living cancer free.

"It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again; because there is not effort without error and shortcomings; but who does actually strive to do the deed; who knows the great enthusiasm, the great devotion, who spends himself in a worthy cause, who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement and who at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly. So that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat. "--Theodore Roosevelt, "Man in the Arena" Speech (April 23, 1910)

Please make a donation to support my participation in Team In Training and help advance LLS's mission. You can contribute on this site or through my Paypal account at: mranziety@yahoo.com or if you wish you can send a check made out to the

Leukemia & Lymphoma Society and send to my mailing address at;

Kevin McConnell

6 Stonybrook Rd

Rockaway, NJ 07866

I hope you will visit my web site often. Be sure to check back frequently to see my progress. Thanks for your support!

here is a link to the Marine Corp Marathon:

http://www.marinemarathon.com/Marine_Corps_Marathon.htm

If you wish to ask me any questions or want to send a word of encouragment my e-mail address is:

mranziety@yahoo.com

Thank you,

Kevin

Kevin McConnell

Last Edited on: 05/19/2008

25 comments

"Go man Go!!! I'm with ya all the way. Enjoy the process as well as the culmination! Congratulations on 20 years cancer free!!!"

Michael Wood

Wed May 21 02:01:41 EDT 2008
"You go Kevin. Run like the wind and be sure to remember mom while you are running too. Cancer is soon to be a thing of the past!!!"

Jim Mc Connell

Wed May 28 08:30:01 EDT 2008
"Kevin, Good luck and have fun training!! This is definitely an experience that you will never forget. Congratulations on being cancer free for 20 YEARS!!!! Stephanie"

Stephanie Sadowski

Fri May 30 10:16:13 EDT 2008
"We'll still be here for you when you do this again at 70! "

Bozena Brzezinska

Sat May 31 07:59:04 EDT 2008
"You are one awesome dude!"

Jay Zilber

Tue Jun 03 07:12:02 EDT 2008
"Keep up the great work Kevin. What you are doing running for a cure is awesome and you are a hero!"

Lori Sperber

Wed Jun 04 09:30:08 EDT 2008
"Best of luck!"

Michael Los

Wed Jun 04 10:07:06 EDT 2008
"You are the man!! you are doing great in the fundraising and the training!!"

Leslie Ryan

Fri Jun 06 08:09:27 EDT 2008
"Wishing you well. Rock the color purple."

Roxanne Conlon

Fri Jun 06 04:59:17 EDT 2008
"Way to go Kevin! You're such an inspiration!"

Sarah Dzikowicz

Sun Jun 08 08:23:09 EDT 2008
"Go Kevin! I admire your courage and spirit in fighting the cancer in the first place, but also your generosity in running this race for others in the same position. TC, Sue. PS Had to put in your postcode in the postcode field cause this stupid site assumes all your sponsorship is from US-based citizens."

Anonymous

Tue Jun 10 02:37:55 EDT 2008
"I'm so proud of you, Little Bro!"

Deborah McConnell

Wed Jun 11 09:39:40 EDT 2008
"We are happy to help out. This is a great thing, Kevin. We know too many people that have died. All our love, Bob & Chris "

Robert Vendetti

Thu Jun 12 08:40:34 EDT 2008
"Way to go Kevin! Wish you and the rest of the Team In Training the best of luck in the fund raising effort as well as the race."

Dominick Carra

Fri Jun 13 08:37:17 EDT 2008
"Life is filled with a lot of stuff, you know. There is never a dull moment." _ Bea Arthur"

Tom Ricotta

Fri Jun 13 10:01:23 EDT 2008
"Way to go Kevin! Godspeed!"

MaryLee Froehlich

Sun Jun 15 01:58:49 EDT 2008
"Good luck, Kevin! Love, Kevin, Chris, Lucky, and Tracy McNulty"

Christina McNulty

Tue Jun 17 05:50:07 EDT 2008
"What a wonderful payback !!! Best Emery"

Emery Miller

Tue Jun 17 08:15:20 EDT 2008
"Thank you again for your true friendship, wish we could do more, may the Lord multiply and bless all your efforts, J&N"

Jim & Nancy Coogan

Fri Jun 27 04:19:32 EDT 2008
"Hey Kev, between the two of us we have a pair!! Run hard!"

Leo Tracy

Sun Jun 29 03:04:09 EDT 2008
"May your hair feel the breeze of the wind as you take these steps in raising funds to find a cure. "

Carol Stutts

Thu Jul 17 08:25:49 EDT 2008
"Good luck, Kevin!!"

Erinn McCarthy

Thu Aug 14 02:30:29 EDT 2008
"Happy Birthday Kevin, and congratulations on being a 20 year survivor!"

Keith Paterson

Thu Sep 25 12:01:03 EDT 2008
"You are "Making It Happen" Kevin. Your friends and family are proud of you. Best of luck to you and your team! GO KEVIN!"

Robin Mason

Wed Oct 15 09:20:42 EDT 2008
"Kevin, Wishing you Good Luck with the race. Love, Patti & Joe"

Patti Dazzo

Sun Oct 19 06:56:39 EDT 2008

My Fundraising Total

Raised: $5,149.10 | Goal: $2,800.00

184 %

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My Thanks To

Jim Mc Connell	$300.00
Edward Biron	$200.00
Tom Ricotta	$200.00
Carol Stutts	$150.00
Kevin McConnell	$126.20
Vicki Crosby	$100.50
Emery Miller	$100.10
Michael Spielzinger	$100.00
Marysue Hooyman	$100.00
CM Stallings	$100.00
Robert McCloskey	$100.00
Peter Fonda	$100.00
Tom Pierron	$100.00
James McConnell	$100.00
Deborah McConnell	$100.00
WILLIAM ZULAS	$100.00
Joanne Pascucci	$75.00
Lori McGill	$75.00
Stephanie Sadowski	$75.00
Prudential Foundation	$50.00
William Meisinger	$50.00
Robin Mason	$50.00
Paul Kreisinger	$50.00
T J Weissenburger	$50.00
Rick and Sarah Bunnell	$50.00
Julio Reyes	$50.00
Susan Wittig	$50.00
DS Foster	$50.00
Fortune Mandaro	$50.00
Carol Rich	$50.00
Leo Tracy	$50.00
Patricia Rock	$50.00
Richard Fox	$50.00
Linda Ducceschi	$50.00
Robert Vendetti	$50.00
Jay Zilber	$50.00
John Paul	$50.00
Frank Amato	$35.00
Samuel Figueroa	$30.00
Steve and Ottie Goldschim...	$30.00
MJ Luderer	$30.00
Karen Powell	$30.00
Alice Moorman	$28.00
Keith Paterson	$26.20
jan clark	$26.20
jan clark	$26.20
Michael Los	$26.20
Carol Bezick	$25.00
Adrienne Lesnick	$25.00
Jorge Vargas	$25.00
Patti Dazzo	$25.00
Rose Ann Boyle	$25.00
Neil Stern	$25.00
Frederick Barden	$25.00
Arthur Volpe	$25.00
Lynda Evans	$25.00
Robert Force	$25.00
Elizabeth Bozzone	$25.00
Michael McConnell	$25.00
Catherine Munson	$25.00
Arlene Holling	$25.00
Rick and Sarah Bunnell	$25.00
Rupa Deshmukh	$25.00
Joseph Fleck	$25.00
Anna Reiss	$25.00
Josephine Gambarella	$25.00
Mary Colby	$25.00
Cheryl Cristi	$25.00
Stanley Buchanan	$25.00
GA Bucci	$25.00
Michael Chapan	$25.00
Sloni Rodriguez	$25.00
Rene Garrido	$25.00
Thomas Purack	$25.00
Teresa Smyth	$25.00
Jack Burton	$25.00
Alexandria Wilson	$25.00
Linda Miller	$25.00
KING NG	$25.00
Christina McNulty	$25.00
MaryLee Froehlich	$25.00
Michele Randazzo	$25.00
John Finno	$25.00
Dominick Carra	$25.00
Anonymous	$25.00
Len DiPaola	$25.00
Roxanne Conlon	$25.00
Joseph Hamill	$25.00
Leslie Ryan	$25.00
Lori Sperber	$25.00
Brian Davenport	$25.00
Christopher Cavett	$25.00
Bozena Brzezinska	$25.00
Jennifer Carey	$25.00
Michael Wood	$25.00
Michele Newstead	$20.00
James Chadwick	$20.00
Kevin McConnell	$20.00
Dawna McConnell	$18.00
Gary Schraft	$18.00
Rose Liva	$18.00
Kenneth Fleck	$15.00
R Domenech	$15.00
Dolores Heins DiBrino	$15.00
Sarah Kline	$10.50
Erinn McCarthy	$10.00
Connie Vicidomini Keller	$10.00
Ashalata Dohale	$10.00
Herman Weiss	$10.00
Stephen Gendell	$10.00
Gail Matteo	$10.00
Roman Zurek	$10.00
Sarah Dzikowicz	$10.00
Jim & Nancy Coogan