Saturday, July 28, 2012

Monday, July 23, 2012

Bowl a thon....success!!!!

Yesterday my TEAM put on a Bowl a thon to raise money for LLS. It was a great event. Everyone pulled together and had a little fun while still remembering why we are raising money in the first place. It was a great day. I will be putting up photos soon.

Johnny Magic from XL106.7 came by to show his support and it was nice to get the chance to talk to him for a little while. He is an amazing man with a big heart. We really appreciated that he took some time out of his busy day to spend with us.

One of the questions he asked many of us was what do we think about when you are out there walking or running all those miles? When I got home last night I really started thinking about that more. When I did my first half at Disney, I must admit I spent a lot of time talking to myself in my head. You can do this, you are crazy, what the hell did you get yourself into...Thank goodness Coach Rich is here helping me through this.. where is Deb..I don't want to loose her we need to finish together.. OH NO !! Coach Laura will be up at the next mile somewhere I better swing my arms and stop talking...lol.

The thing that really got me through was thinking about a little boy named Christian that lost his battle with Leukemia, and how brave he must have been to go through such a rough thing. About his Dad and how hard it had to have been for him. How much I admired Rick for the person that he is even after loosing something as precious as his son. I thought about all the other patients that have lost their  battle, the ones who are still fighting the battle, and the ones who have WON the battle. I thought about my own battle with cancer. Of how very far I have come and how it affected my family. When every muscle in my body hurt, I remembered what I was out there doing it for. TO BEAT CANCER. When I crossed that finish line every thought came rushing back, and it hit me not that I had finished, but that in a small way I took a good hard PUNCH at cancer and knocked it down a notch.

Now as I struggle to raise the money needed to make it to Nike, I am again reminded of how small I am against this beast. But with the help of my friends, family, and strangers I don't even know, I WILL make it there and I WILL make it through my first FULL Marathon, and again I will thank God that Rich is there with me, and the Laura will be up around the corner somewhere making sure my arms are swinging, and My TEAM will be around me somewhere.  BUT, mostly I will be thinking of all those affected by cancer, and how if they can fight it, I can cross the finish line. 26.2 miles is such a small distance compared to a life saved.

Run for You, Run for Fun, Run4Life

Much Love
Angi

Friday, July 6, 2012

Still plugging & chuggin!!!

Just checking in briefly. Life has really been crazy lately. Working two jobs, training for my first FULL marathon..and my second half at the same time.  Trying to raise money for 2 amazing causes that really need our help. More on that to follow shortly.

Have to head back to the grind of life. Will be checking in a little bit more now that I have Internet at home again.

Have a great afternoon.

Run for You, Run for Fun, Run4Life

Angi