Whenever I’m running a race and happen by an area playing T.N.T. it brings a smile to my face and sends a shiver down my spine. Last year at this time I joined the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s Team in Training ( TNT ) to run my first marathon. I crossed the finish line on June 1st, 2008 at the Rock-n-Roll Marathon in San Diego and a year later I’m still running with TNT.
The names and faces change each season but the work remains the same. Our primary goal is to raise money for Blood Cancer Research and during these tough economic times all the TNT participants have to work a little harder to meet the fund raising requirements to remain on the team.
This season I am taking a break from fund raising and instead working as a Mentor. I feel fortunate because as in the lyrics of the AC/DC song I have “Women to the left of me and Woman to my right“ Five young ladies to be exact and I’d like the see each one of them reach the fund raising minimum with the least amount of stress so they can concentrate on training.
If you know any of these running woman or are just in the mood to spread a little goodness feel free to give generously.
Jill Alward will be Running the Rock-n-Roll Marathon in San Diego on May 31, 2009. Click Here to read more on her fund raising page.
Jennifer Charbonneau is training to run the Fairfield Half Marathon which is a tough course. Click Here to support her.
Meredith Corvo will also be tackling the tough course in Fairfield on June 28th. To help her raise money Click Here
Linda Stuckman is heading out to San Diego to run her first Half Marathon. Click Here to learn more about her fund raising.
Jennifer Trasko will be part of TNT at the Fairfield Half Marathon. To help her finish off the fund raising visit her site by Clicking Here.
For more information on TNT visit the TEAM IN TRAINING site.
Dan--Good luck to all of you as you train...Looks like you have a great team to train with.
(So is this the post you lost earlier? Pain in the XX when you have all those links and photos...still doing mine in Word first.)
That's awesome you're a mentor. w00t TNT!!!
Dan good luck with the mentoring and with helping them reach their goals. This is a new challenge that I know you can handle.