Re: OT ~ Running

[Guest guest]

Kelley,

My brother, Ken, died of leukemia in January 2003. Two of his friends ran

in a Team in Training marathon in honor of him (he was still fighting

leukemia at the time). It was an incredible act of love towards him, a

wonderful avenue of raising money for the society and, I think the runners

would tell you, something that touched their lives immeasurably. If you go

to my brother's website, scroll down on the homepage and there are two links

near the bottom in the middle that tell a little about their experience

with TNT. I believe their email addresses are on there, also, if you wanted

to contact them. Here's the link:

http://www.machleukemia.homestead.com/index.html

What a loving way to share your enthusiasm for fitness!!

Sara

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> Has anyone on this list ever been involved with them?

> Kelley

[Guest guest]

In a message dated 3/13/2004 9:23:46 AM Eastern Standard Time,

altmyer@... writes:

What a loving way to share your enthusiasm for fitness!!

Sara

Thanks Sara. A close friend of mine was diagnosed with lymphoma a month or

so ago. She is in the fourth phase so has already begun an aggressive

treatment program which started about a month ago. She has a wonderful attitude

and

is following doctor's advice to the " T " . I found a brochure on TNT in my

office Friday...of all things. I checked out the races and they are all way

beyond

my current abilities. However, the website says they provide training,

coaching and mentoring to get you ready. I thought perhaps I would be ready to

do

a half marathon (13 miles) in Virginia Beach scheduled for Sept 5th. It is a

scary, yet exciting challenge to put to myself. And I think my friend would

be deeply touched to have someone running/walking in her honor.

Kelley

[Guest guest]

I bet you can prepare for this by then! One of the 5Ks we've run

has been for leukemia and one for cancer. Most go to good causes.

Haven't run any half marathons yet though.

Andy

> In a message dated 3/13/2004 9:23:46 AM Eastern Standard Time,

I thought perhaps I would be ready to do

> a half marathon (13 miles) in Virginia Beach scheduled for Sept

5th. It is a

> scary, yet exciting challenge to put to myself. And I think my

friend would

> be deeply touched to have someone running/walking in her honor.

> Kelley

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[Guest guest]

That didn't sound right. ALL have been good causes, usuallly

benefiting a charity or private organization.

Andy

Most go to good causes.

[Guest guest]

In a message dated 3/14/2004 2:53:59 PM Eastern Standard Time,

tluna@... writes:

That's the one I did last year! I just ran it, I didn't do the TNT. It's a

nice course. Very flat.

Sounds like my kind of course. I am very interested in learning about the

TNT training program, being that I have yet to run longer than 5 minutes much

less 5 miles. I'm quite confident I would walk/run this course unless I'm

taught some miraculous method of learning to run before Sep!

Have you ever been to Virginia before? Not quite

as nice as I expected it to be. Well, the beach is nice but the reast of

town is kind of a dumpy, sleepy sprink break-y area.

Yes, I've been and have the same oppinion as you. Kind of feels stuck in the

fifties or something.

I attempted a Team In Training event(Bermuda) right before I found out about

BFL. I raised a lot of money but had to stop halfway through my training

due to a foot injury. But they still got to keep the money. I think it's a

really neat thing.

Terri

Thanks for your response.

Kelley