Commitment is a scary word for most people. It is for me as well, but for some reason I didn’t even really think twice about “re-commitment” to Team in Training, until Neil made me. He asked me, so you’re financially liable for whatever money you don’t raise. Yep. Part of the challenge of this is beyond the running, it’s also to make people aware and try and raise money for what I think is a good cause. I can’t even imagine where I would begin if today I got a call from my doctor telling me I had cancer. It is such a sad truth, but it happens every day, and the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society is there. The Luekemia and Lymphoma Society helps people at every stage; they help to pay for the bridge tolls & parking because even after chemotherapy or surgery is done and there are still the doctor visits 3 times a week, they have an extensive library for research about the disease, they are just there to help answer the tough questions - and then there is of course the research for drugs and hopefully, one day, a cure. So I recommited, it was the easiest commitment I’ve ever made.
Our coach sent us an email today saying that we were 70% done with our training. THAT was hard for me to believe. Especially since I am only 39% of the way to my fundraising goal. I am going to run this race on October 21 and I am going to finish. And I am going to be running it with my teammates, some of whom have Leukemia, Lymphoma, Hodgkins or Myeloma. These people are going to finish a marathon so others can benefit by the awareness and money we raise - and so am I. Please donate and pass this link along to anyone you think might be interested in helping with this amazing cause. It’s too easy to breeze through life thinking; “oh, that’s not me, I don’t have to do anything”, but we have to do something, we have to do everything we can, we have to care. If we don’t then what’s the point in having this wonderful gift of humanity?
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