Fighting Cancer 1 Mile at a Time!

Jo Anna (Rt) and I, both blood cancer survivors

So I've completed a 1/2 Marathon, and I was going to sign up for another one this year, but I just wasn't motivated. Though I should expand on that; I wasn't motivated to do TWO 1/2 Marathons this year. See, I'm already signed up to do one in San Antonio with my friend, Brenda. But I was also going to sign up to do one in San Francisco, with Team in Training. Only I just couldn't get myself motivated to do it.

What is my problem?, I thought. Why does this seem so hard? Ok, well one reason is it's really frakkin' hot outside these days. But still, I have a gym membership, and I can go out when it's cooler early in the morning. But somehow I wasn't going, and I wasn't sending in my paperwork to sign-up, which I'd had sitting on my desk for a couple weeks. Why?

Then I figured it out. I was bored. I was sort of, Been There, Done That. So I decided to try something I've never done before - A Century Ride!

A century ride is a 100+ mile bike ride, and they take place all over the country. There's one this Fall in Tucson, which is just a hop, skip and jump away, and it's a very popular event so there will be lots of people training for it here locally.

So I signed up! I'm in, I'm totally in. And I'm excited. My friend is even on the Board of Directors for a local charity that provides loaner bikes for people who are completing a cycling event for charity, like I'm doing, so that I don't have to find $500+ to buy a new bike. The woman who formed the charity lost her husband to Lymphoma, and started the charity in his name. I've got the applications and I'm really looking forward to getting on my "new" bike. Apparently if I really like it, I can buy it, but if I decide that cycling is not for me I can give it back and it'll go to some other lucky person who is cycling for charity. How cool is that? It's uphillintothewind.org in case any of you are interested.

So that's my plan. And it means I'm fundraising again, and you can make your donation here: http://pages.teamintraining.org/dm/tucson10/astockinger


I'm sure you'll want to donate, because it's a great cause and it's one way to say: Cancer Sucks! Take that, Cancer!


Thanks in advance for your support. Together we can help save lives.
Amy