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We are SO excited to be participating the in the 2007 Nike Women's Marathon benefitting the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society! The marathon is Sunday, October 21st in San Francisco. We're commited to walking the 26.2 mile course & to raising $26,200!! That's $1000 per mile!

The training & fundraising is off to a great start! We are just so honored & exciting to do this in honor of our friend Sara Swanner Northwood's nephew, Stephen Swanner, Jr. In June of 2004, he was diagnosed with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL). After successful chemotherapy, he went into remission this February. He will get to play football in the fall - his SENIOR YEAR!!

Candy & Jennifer

Candy & Jennifer
First Training!!

Saturday, October 6, 2007

LOTS O' STUFF

GAIL! This one is for you!! We walked 10 miles this morning. It was a tad humid, but bearable. It's OU/TX weekend & the runners, walkers, and bikers were showing their team spirit. Mom & I almost gagged when we saw a girl wearing a Texas longhorn jog bra. I seriously wanted to give her a gentle "shove" off the path. Is that wrong? (hehehe). Mom would have totally backed me up on it!

We were a little slow on our time today. Both of us acknowledged that we just weren't "feeling it" today. It's great to have that out of the way BEFORE San Francisco. I woke up with the beginnings of a cold, popped a Zicam, and sweat out a fever while we got our miles in. (Is this too much information? Sorry). We're just giving you the HIGHS and lows. We also opted not to walk the bridge/dam area. It was just TOO WINDY last week, we didn't want to feel like Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day...again! Plus - it can really smell up there! Anywho - it was fun to see some of the 'winter event' people today too. Winter events are Disney Marathon, PF Chang's Rock N Roll Marathon, and a bicycling event that I can't remember the name of right now.

I'm now showered, refreshed and about to start on some afternoon projects! One of them is a FUN thank you gift that we'll be sending our FABULOUS, PRECIOUS, AWESOME donors!! So, I'll work on that & a new knitting project while watching OU kick some Texas butt!!

Thanks for checking in (PS, we're at 92% of our new goal of $26,200!) Thank you for helping us kick some LEUKEMIA BUTT!!

1 comment:

Gigi said...

Thank goodness the only low part of the day was your training walk. I was worried for a bit during the OU-Texas game. They prevailed as did you two!

Keep your heads up and keep on WALKIN'!!!

Gail
ps
A Longhorn jog bra? Didn't her mama teach her anything?