YAY!!!
I have now raised over $2,080 for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society!
I have also completed my 20-mile run! My race is coming up this Sunday and I am very excited for the event. Ryan bought me some new shoes and I have stocked up on energy gels, PowerBars, and a disposable camera.
I am really happy I did this, it has kept me going through some difficult times and has given focus and direction to my life the past few months. Ryan accepted a job in Sioux City (northwestern IA), so we will be moving up there in December. I don't know if I will be able to participate in TNT Iowa, but we will be just across the Missouri from Nebraska and South Dakota, so maybe I will be able to participate there. Anyway, TNT has given me the motivation and made me accountable for my own fitness and well-being. I knew that this change had to be made in my life because of ongoing health problems (asthma) and the threat of others to come (diabetes).
After the race, I plan on focusing more on nutrition and possibly vegetarianism... or at least cutting back on meat. This decision has been made for health reasons as well as economic and environmental reasons... and that says nothing about cruelty, though I do believe humans are designed to eat meat and I do not believe that eating meat is inherently wrong or cruel, but that the methods are unnecessarily unnatural... and thus probably unhealthy for consumers as well. If nothing else, my delving (or at least insense dabbling) into the healthy/organic/veggie lifestyle will force me to be a more creative chef.
I like a challenge.
See you on the flip side--- When I write again, I will have completed my marathon!!! Photos will be posted.
Thanks to everyone who donated.... And remember, you can still donate to the cause. Just go to my fundraising website or cut a check to the LLS. It is tax-deductible.
Peace and Love,
-A
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