This week at track, we worked on hill training, which is really difficult-but I love it, because it breaks up the running. So, Coach Al had us run up a steep hill and walk down (to save our knees and shins) about 4 times. When I get to the steepest part of the hill, it almost feels like I am walking. But, this totally helps foot speed and builds strength in your quads.
On Saturday, after out long run,we had our honoree potluck. The honorees for our team are: Madison, Sonal, Jon, Bruce, Matthew, and Harry. They all have some form of leukemia and are in various stages of recovery. After the run, they told us their stories about their journey. Matt is someone I did a waterstop with in the winter of 2007. I had recently completed my first marathon and I was just back with the Team to help with waterstop duties. I was paired with Matt. We were at Lake Chabot and we were at the waterstop for about two hours. In order to get there, we had to pull a wagon with our water and gatorade out about 1 mile on the trail. Of course, I talked non stop the whole way. And, during that time, I learned that Matt had luekemia and that he was going through treatment. In fact, at the time, it was difficult for him to walk the mile and he was very cold due to weakness from the treatment.
This year, he is one of the summer teams honorees and he is actually running one of the events with us. So, it is really great to see him out there. And, he is able to do that, in part, because of a pill used to treat non-hodgkins lymphoma that was developed by LLS.
Thank you very much to my most recent donor: Rachel!
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