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Racing to Save Lives

Welcome

to my Team In Training home page.

A marathon is equivalent to walking around the San Francisco 49ers football field 133 times, The New York Yankees baseball diamond 384 times, the Augusta National Golf Course 21 times or Stadio Olympico in Rome 154 times........26.2 MILES!

On June 26, 2010 I will be participating in the Rock & Roll Seattle Marathon as a member of the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society's (LLS) Team In Training. I will be running 26.2 miles! So why am I doing this? Because:

• An estimated 139,860 people in the United States will be diagnosed with leukemia, lymphoma and myeloma this year
• Approximately 912,938 Americans are living with leukemia, Hodgkin and non-Hodgkin lymphoma and myeloma
• Every 4 minutes one person is diagnosed with a blood cancer
• Every 10 minutes, someone dies from a blood cancer. That's 146 people each day, or more than six people every hour
• And lastly, TO HELP FIND A CURE FOR CANCER

During my next 5 months of training, I will face many challenges like being cold, wet, tired, and managing and controlling my asthma. However, these challenges are nothing compared to the physical and emotional trials faced by a person undergoing cancer treatment. I am completing this event in honor of those who are battling a blood cancer or who have lost their battle to the disease. It is this knowledge that will serve as my inspiration to cross the finish line.

I will help raise funds and awareness for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS). The money raised for LLS will go to cancer research and supportive services at Stanford, UC Berkeley, UCSF and other facilities around the world. I have set a personal goal of $3,000.00 to help cancer patients and their families. With your help, I hope to raise this money by April 1, 2010.

Hopefully, one day soon there will be a cure for all types of cancers so that this devastating disease will no longer claim another life. But until then, with your support, I will be striving to change lives one mile at a time.

Please make a

donation to support my participation in Team In Training and help advance

LLS's mission.

I hope you will visit my web site often.

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

support!