A New Start

This blog has never really gotten off the ground. I think when I started this blog, I was training for something. Then I think I was using it to document my weight loss (which has been awesome). Or did I start it to document my weight loss and was then going to use it to document some training for something?

Who the hell knows.

At any rate, now I plan to use it to document my marathon training for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society's Team in Training program. I did the century ride in 2004. The experience was so wonderful, I thought I would do it again.

There are other reasons I have decided to abuse my body by training for a 26.2 mile bruiser. Here they are:

• I am turning 40 on August 9. I am excited because it is a milestone birthday and because birthdays always include cake and booze. In order for me to eat a lot of cake and drink a lot of booze without gaining a lot of weight, I better be running for something!
• I am turning 40 on August 9. Yes, I've already said that, but this bullet is different. I can't turn 40 and just have cake and booze. I have to do something more than that. I have to challenge myself. Most people think 40 is an age in which your body fails you and you give up and resign yourself to aging gracefully. I fully intend to age gracefully, but I also intend to challenge myself physically and mentally. What better way than to run a marathon?
• It is on my lifetime list. Many call this their bucket list. I prefer lifetime list. Who knows why. I cycled 100 miles in 2004. Why not try for running 26.2 miles in 2009? Next year I plan to try the triathlon. Why couldn't my goals include getting up in the morning and sitting on my ass all day long? Because that would make me dreadfully dull. And I have a rule to never be dreadfully dull. I can be a bitch, but never dull.
• I have already lost 42 pounds of the 50 I wanted to lose. If I can't lose the remainder of the weight while training for a marathon, I'm not meant to lose it!
• The money I raise will help to eradicate blood cancers. I lost my father to cancer. Granted, it wasn't leukemia or lymphoma, but does that matter? Perhaps because of the money I am able to raise and the awareness I am able to garner, one person doesn't die of a blood cancer. One person is able to live. Imagine.
• I have never struggled with cancer, but have seen others struggle. I would love it if no one had to struggle with cancer again. I would love it if in the future I have to run a marathon for myself because no one needs me to raise money for a wonderful cause.
• My fight to run a marathon is nothing compared to the battle cancer patients fight. I think I am abusing my body, and I am, but cancer patients face abuse each day. My pain will be worth it to help alleviate the pain of at least one patient.
• My honored patient has a masters degree in Chemistry. That immediately makes him uber cool!

Please check this blog as I plan to update it as often as possible. It will document my fundraising and my training. For more information on how you may help, please visit my website.