Two weeks to race weekend. Make sure you follow your coaches email as they will help you with the last minute preparations for the big event … such as getting new running shoes in time to test.
Most of you have personal inspiration for why you are a part of Team In Training. I thought I’d share with you a story from another LLS chapter:
National Capital Area: Steve's Team Trains for Nike
Julie Wright of Washington, D.C., lost her husband, Steve, to a blood cancer in 2003. She first joined LLS's Team In Training (TNT) while Steve was still undergoing treatment, and she and a group of 16 women trained for and ran the Dublin Marathon in October 2003, to honor Steve's battle. They called themselves Steve's Team. Steve died several months later. Being left a single mom, Julie stepped away from TNT for several years, but in October 2010, on what would have been their 25th wedding anniversary, she and seven women, some from the original Steve's Team, ran the Nike Women's Marathon in San Francisco. Now LLS and Nike are partnering again to bring the Nike Women's Marathon to Washington, D.C., with a half marathon benefiting LLS on April 28. Steve's Team has now grown to 26 women, who are training together to run in this race.
"Steve is our inspiration and we proudly call ourselves 'Steve's Team.' We also recognize that there are so many others who have fought this courageous fight and are doing this event for all of them as well. As a team, we are united in our mission of raising much needed funds for The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society."
Today, Friday, March 22, is the pre-race deadline for hitting your fundraising commitment. Between the GO! and 5K teams were are on track to hit about $60,000 to fund cancer research and patient services. Terrific job!. A special “thank you” to Janet J. who has raised more than $13,000 and not only is running with us on April 7, but will be running the Boston Marathon a week later. Almost everyone has hit the fundraising commitment and I’m in contact with those who still are short. But this is not the end of fundraising. Take this opportunity to ask your friends and family who still haven’t donated to do so now, before the race. Let them know there is still time. You can do a follow-up appeal right after the race, letting everyone know you've done your part by completing the distance and giving them a chance to further support you.
Please make a special effort to attend training on March 30, scheduled for Creve Coeur Lake. I plan to distribute your race-day jerseys, new shoe tags for race day, and your Inspiration Dinner tickets.
Inspiration Dinner – 6pm, Saturday, April 6, Pasta House on Delmar. Please email me a photo of your personal honored patient(s) so we can include them in the slides for the dinner. Deadline: Friday, March 29.
GO TEAM!
--Rich
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