Miles to Date: 424
Thursday, November 1, 2012 - will officially be one of the best days of my life. Jen texted me to tell me that her PET Scan results had come back completely clean making her officially 100% CANCER FREE. I have never been so happy. Then I realized that her one year cancer free anniversary would fall during next year's NYC Marathon weekend. We are already planning a trip and Jen's on board to come along. I cannot think of a better way to celebrate than to be in the city, crossing the finish line and seeing her there! I'm selfishly hoping that the cancellation of this year's race doesn't put too big of a kink in getting a spot on a Breast Cancer charity team for the 2013 NYC Marathon. Jen still has radiation on the books and starts that process tomorrow, but it feels great to know that she is cancer free and on the mend!
This week I took a break from my weekday morning runs a) because I was sore from my half marathon last weekend and b) because I knew I had a full weekend of running on the books this weekend. This was another double run weekend for our Goofy Training. Saturday we met early 10 run 10, which we took easy. Then I went to the Fight for Air Stair Climb to benefit the American Lung Association. Kathleen is a 14 year Lung Cancer survivor and I offered to take to the stairs for her team several months ago. The stair climb is a timed event where you make your way up 25 floors in the Bank of America Building in downtown Orlando. According to my packet paperwork this is 512 stairs! Thank goodness you get to take the elevator down! I probably should have trained for this event, but I survived the climb and found my way to the top in 6 minutes and 42 seconds.
Our Stair Climb Team
Kathleen speaking before the event
The Bank of America Building - you mean I'm climbing up that?
Powered by Lungs - climbing for Kathleen and Heff
After 18 miles looking fly in my Nike outfit
Peacock we passed by
Viola - a rescue I met on Pennsylvania Avenue.
CoCo - a springy girl on Park Avenue
