Welcome to my Team In Training home page.

So i'm doing the San Diego Half Marathon with Team FInish Line, and I couldn't be more excited! Last year I was in training for the NYC Marathon but unfortunately I ended up injured and even though the marathon did not happen, I wasn't able to run. So I decided to go for a shorter route and do the San Diego Half Marathon.

As some of you know, i've been a dancer all my life so determination and hardwork is what I give to the things I want, but two years ago I had an accident that kind of jumbled up my life a little bit and put me through some struggles I didn't think I would go through. Since then I have been determined to get back to the fitness level I had once been at, and go back to dancing. So, what better way to get yourself back in the groove with great people like Team in Training and Finish Line, why wouldn't I be able to just do it!

One of the main reason's for doing this race is for my boss Michael Conlons cousin's 9-year-old daughter, Sophia. She was just recently diagnosed and I couldn't imagine anything tougher to go through at that age. So in honor of her I will be running this race and raising as much as possible for her and for others in the same situation!

I've watch a few friends' parents, and friends' aunts or uncles go through chemotherapy and it was a rough time. Not only for that individual but for the whole family as well. Luckily and thankfully the ones that I've known have gone through everything successfully and have made it through. However there are some in this world that don't always get that turn around.

By donating to this cause of Blood Cancer no matter if it's $10-$2,000

Here's where your donation goes to:

$50 will register 1 person to be a bone marrow donor.

$75 will provide HLA (bone marrow) typing for a family member of a patient w/leukemia.

$100 will pay for the cost of 4 patient's chemotherapy drug prescription co-payments.

$300 will train 25 volunteers to provide emotional support to newly diagnosed patients.

$500 will provide patient aid to a person with Leukemia or a related cancer for a year.

$1000 allows patients to meet w/specialists to design & prepare for a treatment plan

$2000 provides patients with a one month supply of Gleevac.

I have a mission-to help find cures and more effective treatments for blood cancers. To accomplish that mission, I’m participating in a this sport endurance event as a member of The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society’s (LLS) Team In Training. Like the other members of TNT, I will be raising funds to help find cures and better treatments for leukemia, lymphoma, Hodgkin’s disease and myeloma. I’m improving the quality of my life by participating and with your support, I can help improve the quality of life for patients and their families as well.

Please consider supporting me and my mission to run down cancer by making a 100% tax-deductible donation to The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. Donating is easy:

-via credit/debit card using the DONATE NOW button on this page

-contact me at rachael@finishlinept.com to make a donation by check

This will be the first time any will be supporting me through donations, so from the bottom of my heart I thank you, thank you, thank you! Together we will put an end to cancer!

-**I run so I can help others

-**I run so I can heal others

-**I run to find a cure

-**I run because I can

***Please donate because YOU can!***