(Team Tibi after crossing the finish line)

WE DID IT!!!

We made it across the finish line, with smiles on our faces! Thank you SO much to everyone for your amazing support of Team Tibi throughout this entire experience. We were able to raise over $9,500 in loving memory of our friend Christina Parks. The total amount raised by Team in Training for this year's race was over $12 million! This means that over the 8 years people have been fundraising for the Nike Women's Marathon, Team in Training has brought in over $118 million for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society! Great things are happening with cancer research right now, and thanks to TNT, LLS, and amazing donators and supporters like you, we WILL beat cancer!

(Team Tibi checking in before the race)

(Angela, Becca, Colleen between Mile 1 and Mile 2)

(Team Tibi toasting Christina after the race)

Hello friends and family of Christina!

We are so excited to be doing Team in Training, running 13.1 miles in the San Francisco Nike Women's Marathon, in memory of our dear friend Christina "Tibi" Parks.

Team in Training is an organization which provides the opportunity to raise money that goes directly to The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. They are dedicated to supporting cancer programs, funding research to find cures to leukemia, Hodgkin’s and non-Hodgkin’s lymphomas, and myeloma - the blood cancers - as well as assistance with the often overwhelming burdens faced by patients and their families currently fighting blood cancers.

Team in Training (TNT) was very important to Christina. When Becca did the same marathon with Team in Training in 2009, Christina was one of the first people to donate. Last year Christina was able to participate in the Zion Hike with TNT, raising several thousand dollars for the cause. The experience meant so much to her that she planned on being involved again this year. About Team in Training, Christina said, “I have made new friends, reconnected with some old ones, gotten in better shape, and now finally get to give back to a cause I truly believe in.”

If you're interested in checking out Christina's fundraising pages, or reading her blog about her experiences while training, please follow the links below.

Christina's Team in Training pages:

http://pages.teamintraining.org/sf/zionpark10/cparkstt98

http://pages.teamintraining.org/sf/yosesnow11/cparkstt98

Christina's Training Blog:

http://fluffybalerina.blogspot.com/2010/06/welcome.html

We will do the running, but we need your help! Please make a donation to support Team Tibi's participation in Team in Training and help us honor a beautiful life!

We hope you will visit this page often. Be sure to check back frequently to see our progress. Thanks for your support!

Much love,

Becca, Angela, Colleen, and Anya

GO TEAM TIBI!!!

Angela, Becca, Christina, Colleen

Angela, Becca, and Colleen at Christina's memorial hike

The UOP group at Christina's memorial concert