LA Marathon 2010

I'm going to be running the LA Marathon in March! More details coming soon. But I already updated my fundraising page so check it out if your interested.

San Diego Marathon

I was kind of nervous all week about the marathon. I wasn't sure we were ready. But on Saturday morning Becca, Alice and I drove down from Los Angeles to San Diego to pick up our race numbers for the San Diego Marathon. We arrived with time to browse the booths, sample various energy drinks and supplements and get even more excited for the marathon on Sunday.

I was pretty happy because we were able to raise about $400 for the Tammy Gilbert Fund. Well it would have been nice to raise more money, I am so thankful for the generosity of so many people. I was so busy with school, there wasn't much time to do more fundraising. But the donations we have will make a difference in Tammy's Life and that makes me very happy.

Sunday morning I woke up at 3:54am. I hadn't slept well because I didn't want to oversleep so I would wake up every hour or so and check the time. Finally, I just decided to wake up, look for my glasses- which had fallen under the bed, and get ready. By 4:40 we were ready to go, but we didn't leave the hotel till almost 5am. Finally we were on our way and feeling even more excited. We got on the shuttle with 30 or so other people on their way to the marathon.

By 6:20am we were standing at the start line. I was so impressed that arranged us into corrals because it was so much more organized. Around 6:35am we started running. The moment I had been waiting for finally arrived. We ran at a steady pace for the first few miles. Some of us had to stop and use the restroom, which slowed us down a little bit, but it was unavoidable because I drank so much water to get ready.

Around mile 9 I felt ready to pick up the pace, so I started running a little quicker and within two or three minutes I couldn't find the other ladies. But I felt pretty good, and I didn't want to turn around so I just kept going. I ran at that pace for the next 10 miles. Then around mile 20 I tried to run a little bit quicker. I didn't want to go too fast, because last year I had to walk the last two miles because I was in so much pain. Fortunately, I was able to finish at a quicker pace and I didn't hit the wall!! And that is my story of another successful marathon. Successful running and successfully raising funds.

San Diego Marathon Sunday

The Marathon is this Sunday!! I'm really excited and I hope I am ready. It's been fun to train with Alice. Hopefully I'll be able to post more pictures as the day gets closer and as I am running.

We were successful at raising some funds for Tammy Gilbert so I'm happy about that. Please feel free to send in your donation if you have not done so yet!!

Tammy Gilbert

This May I will be running the San Diego Marathon on behalf of Tammy Gilbert, MSMC Class of 2000. Tammy was diagnosed with scleroderma a few years ago and the disease has progressed to the systemic variety. She has now reached the dangerous stage of pulmonary hypertension. Due to the rapid progression of the disorder, she has recently had to retire from PT (at age of 33) and is facing 6-12 months of chemotherapy in an attempt to halt the disease progression. Tammy is currently on COBRA, but will not qualify for long-term disability for 6 months. In addition, Tammy and her family live just outside of New Orleans. Her parents lost their home and business in Hurricane Katrina. They have not been able to rebuild their home or business, and thus are unable to help Tammy financially.

There are two ways you can give

1) Use the Paypal Button above.
2) The APTA as well as the Louisiana Chapter of the APTA have set up a fund to help with her medical costs. Click on this Link to give directly to the LPTA Tammy Gilbert Fund