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| ~ a shirt I will be wearing keeping Eleanor close ~ |
What am I going to talk about after this weekend? For months YOU have been training with me so I ask you...are you ready for Saturday?
I have dedicated the run to my friend Eleanor. Eleanor is a warrior, diagnosed with stage 4 Inflammatory Breast Cancer June 2007.
Last January she was trying to earn a place on the US National Women's Kayak Polo Team, balancing cancer treatment and training would be tough but she was ready.
She made the team but everything changed after learning she had 30 tumors in her brain. She blogs, 'Results are back. I do have cancer in my brain. Lots of it'.
Eleanor continues to defy the odds, finding ways to outwit cancer to stay alive.
Running: Just before I moved I was lucky enough to spend time with her - she told me she wasn't done fighting. She spent Christmas with her husband and three children and earlier this week I had good news for her. Eleanor will be running with me Saturday. I will be wearing two bibs, one for each of us. We are doing this together.
Not an hour goes by when I do not think of Martha and Eleanor, most of the time it's a simple thought like 'I hope you are having a good day'. They are part of me, they make me a better person. They are fighting to stay alive, I can surely cross a finish line. It's nothing compared to the race they are running.
Timing and Weather: Based on my long run, 27 miles in 4:54 I should be able to finish the 33 mile run in less than 7 hours. The trail is icy, post blizzard and snow is in the forecast tomorrow. I'm mentally prepared for this since it's out of my control. Could make for an interesting day!
Cheer for us!