July 16 - Missed my run

Somehow we failed to get the alarm set correctly, and consequently, I woke up late and missed my run this morning. A few extra minutes in bed sure was nice.

I attended my first Board of Trustees meeting for the Alabama/NW Florida Leukemia & Lymphoma Society today. It was interesting. We had a few speakers, one of which is about a 22 year old man who has survived Hodgkin's disease twice. He is a year into remission and is doing his part to spread the word about the disease and its effects.

Additionally, the LLS Scholar, Dr. Linn from UAB, spoke today about the impact the funding he receives from the LLS really has. Without it, he would have to spend almost all of his time seeing patients, and his research would basically be stopped. Now he gets to balance those two aspects of his career. His dream is to cure blood cancer in his lifetime - good luck!!!

I did get to talk to one of the running coaches at the board meeting. That group continues to my by brain believe I can run this thing. I wish my legs and lungs would get on board.

I was able to get away early and get in a little exercise. It's 95 degrees outside so that rules outside the real work. My alternative is to hit the treadmill in the basement. It's hard to run on, so I tried to walk pretty hard. After 22 minutes, I decided I would run for the last 8 minutes. Basically, I busted my butt. I lack the coordination to run on the stupid think. So, basically, I only got in a work out of 22:14 and 1.5 miles.

Ok, now for a shower. We have an LLS fundraiser to go tonight to benefit on of the other Team in Training teams.


Cumulative miles since the start of training: 25.75 miles