One year ago today I learned that I have leukemia. Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia. A blood cancer.
What I remember most about the day was coming home. Our neighbor, Steve, stopped by on his way home from work. He and Craig were chatting about their rough day. I told them that I could top their days. Craig [...]
For some odd reason Craig and I both woke up before 6:30am on Sunday and Monday. Our two days to sleep in and we didn’t!! We figured if we couldn’t sleep we might as well get stuff done and number one on the list was yard work. So by 7am each morning we were outside [...]
Craig won’t be the only member of our household competing in his first triathlon come June. Alex has decided to sign up for the Kids Hy-Vee Triathlon!! It’s a quick 100 meter swim, 1 mile bike ride and a 1 mile run. I’m excited for them both!! Alex will have a great summer story to [...]
Alex celebrated his 10 birthday yesterday. We had a fun weekend at the T-Bones game on Saturday night followed up by a sleep over with a few of his school friends. We had a fun time and mom and dad slept most of the day Sunday recovering. Monday was his actually birthday and I volunteered [...]
Since there is no running or cycling for me this week I have been exclusively in the pool. Tuesday night I knocked out 2 miles in about 59 minutes. That felt really good. Last night I knocked out 2.4 miles in about 1:15. That felt even better. I will keep on the swimming for the [...]
It’s been a little over 2 weeks since I announced my 60 pound challenge. A few of you have expressed interest in tracking your progress on this site but no challenges other than my own have been posted. I know I like to put it out there so I am held accountable. I like it [...]
I am going on a training hiatus…well sort of. I have now seen 4 different doctors and numerous visits to all of them. All have lead to the conclusion that this hip thing I am still experiencing almost 4 weeks after my first ever marathon is all due to an over exertion of muscles, tendons, ligaments, [...]
Saturday’s 5K was ok. Let it be known — I hate hills!!! I’m sure I wouldn’t have thought it too bad had I actually been training for it. I’m so thankful that I ran into Lori before the start. It was nice to see her cheering me on throughout the course….especially at the end. But [...]
Tomorrow is the Corporate Challenge 5K out at Shawnee Mission Park. Honestly, I just want to get it over with. For some reason it’s making me nervous. Maybe because I’m going out there on my own. I don’t like crowds much. Craig has TNT training so he probably won’t make it out there until the [...]
There are three more days until I do a 5K as part of our company’s Corporate Challenge team. I’m nervous. I haven’t had a chance to really walk the course yet. Here’s the course map: http://www.kccorporatechallenge.com/FileUploads/5KatSMP_revised.pdf
It’s out at a local park – Shawnee Mission Park. Check in starts at 7am. Not a bad time, plus [...]
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