I thought I'd give it a "tri" (rimshot)

Welcome to my Team In Training home page.

I'm hooked! With the help and generosity of family and friends two years ago I completed my first half marathon and I raised $3,200 for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society.

Since then I have completed 9 more half marathons, but none were as fulfilling as doing the first one in honor of my Uncle Tom and my honored teammates .

This time I'm training to participate in my first triathlon. It's the Wildflower Olympic Distance Tri on May 3rd! It is a mile swim, 25 mile bike ride, and a 6 mile run! I am very thrilled to get this chance to have a group support me as I'm doing something new, but I am even more jazzed to do it to help stop leukemia, lymphoma, Hodgkin lymphoma and myeloma from taking more lives. It is a wonderful group that does so much to help people cancer patients and their families.

I am completing this event in honor of my uncle Tom who fought hard against nonhodgkins lymphoma. I will run with his name on my shirt and will add any other names if you'd like to donate in honor of someone. Please let me know!

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. I'll be posting wonderfully flattering pictures of me in spandex (for the cycling) and speedos (for the swimming!) Thanks for your support!

UPDATES:

3/20/09

So... training has been really tough lately. Some of my midweek workouts are two hours long and our Saturday morning bike/run workouts are really tough. So, as you can tell, I catch myself feeling stressed every once in a while lately.

Today i was lucky enough to find this Leukemia and Lymphoma Society mission video on a friend's website today. It really helped me remember why I'm doing this. It makes me thankful for my health, my time, and my wonderful friends and family. Thanks so much for everything! :)

Please watch it and you'll see why:

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

3/11/09

Well, I'm about halfway through my training now. I'm feeling really good. Today I did a 4.5 mile run and then swam 70 laps and I felt amazing afterwards. I am going to run the Shamrock'n Half Marathon this weekend and I hope to beat my PR. We'll see about.

As for fundraising, I'm almost halfway to my goal. I have a little bit over a month left until my deadline. I'm selling raffle tickets for an upcoming event, and I'm planning a pubcrawl fundraiser. Thanks for all your generous donations so far! :)

2/27/09

Today is my day off from training this week! It feels weird not working out. I've been training so hard.

I had a swim workout with the team last night. I'm pleased to be in the fast lane still. Who would have guess that I would be able to keep up in the fast lane!

In fact, last night one of my teammates told me that I'm like a Ferarri == I have a high top speed. wow!

Tomorrow we have another bike and run with the group.

Thanks so much for checking in on my site. :)

2/17/09

I am having a great time on my new team. I went for a mid-week workout with a teammate last night. We ran for 30 mins then swam for an hour == in the rain!

Tonight I'm going to go to a spin class == for 90 minutes!

I'm getting worn out by all the training, but it's a great experience. I'm surrounded by great teammmates and mentors, I have a great reason for doing this, and I'm feeling strong. :)