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TNT Nike Women's Marathon Wrap

I got a couple of statistics about the Nike Women's Marathon today from the Team in Training organization.

• From the Greater L.A. Chapter ~ We had ­­450 Runners & Walkers and raised over $1.4 Million!
• Nationally we had 5,301 Runners & Walkers for a combined total of $18.5 Million!

Then, a minute later I got an email from one of my running buddies that a new reality show begins tonight on PBS...Marathon Challenge! I spent a few minutes looking at the training calendar and their top 10 tips and it's pretty similar to what Coach Murphy had us doing. A novice starts by run/walking one mile and by the end of your training you're running 26 miles.

Now that I'm a "marathoner" I think I'll be tuning in to this show as I prepare for my next half in December.

 

You can always do one more

The discussion topic at my Weight Watchers meeting this week was Exercise. A subject near and dear to my heart and Flora, our leader, asked me to share my running experience. Truly if I could do it, just about anyone can.

Last December I started running recreationally with a few friends. I could go literally 10 feet before I was huffing and puffing and had to walk.  10 months later, I've run a half-marathon...13.1 miles. I started my running journey by walking and am now running long distance. I progressed one day at a time.

Back to my point about "you can always do one more."

Weight Watchers - Getting Back on Track

Yesterday I weighed in for the first time in about 7 weeks. Bad news. I go to the meetings every week when I'm in town, but as a lifetime member I only need to weigh in once a month to maintain my status. If I'm only 2 pounds over my goal weight, it's free. But alas, that's not been the case the last few months. As someone at my gym said, it's like a fat tax!

My weight has slowly been creeping up and I'm now 7 lbs over my goal weight. My excuse for the last 5 months has been that I'm training for a half-marathon so I didn't need to worry about what I ate. Wrong.

Nike Women's Marathon Post Race Report

Earlier this evening I wrote a note to my Team in Training supporters, those who contributed to my fundraising for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. I'm reprinting part of that email here .

First, thank you for your encouraging messages before I left for San Francisco. You have no idea how much that meant to me. I felt loved and supported and confident I could do anything (except the full marathon!)

Second, thank you sooooo much for helping me raise $4,457 for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society.  The Nike Women's Marathon raised $18.5 million for the organization which is a record for any one event. One woman in Alberta, Canada raised over $55,000! Every penny goes to research and aiding families and patients who need financial support in order to get treatment.  THANK YOU!

OK. The event.

Nike Women's Marathon was a blast!

This is just a quick update post while I get photos together and work on my report about the Nike Women's Marathon.

It was a fabulous event on a spectacular day in San Francisco. 20,000+ runners, mostly women and about 700 men ran the half marathon and full marathon. The photo is of me and my friend Erica at the post race Victory Party. We're wearing our FinisHER t-shirts.

The event raised money for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society...$18,500,000 to be exact. An awesome amount of money that will help hundred of people in the years to come with much needed research.

My quads are finally recovering and my friends and are discussing our next run. 

More to come when I get my pictures sorted out and posted.

Thanks to everyone who supported me and the cause. I couldn't have done it without you.