Yesterday Mike & I Attended our Team In Training kick off event yesterday! Boy are we inspired and eager to go out ant run!! We have just 22 weeks to get in shape for our marathon. We met 2 honored teammates and learned in a very simplified way what blood cancers do. I was part of that skit. I got to be platelets. It was shown that in the bone marrow, the over population of white blood cells (fight infections) cause both the red blood cells (carry oxygen)and the platelets (clotting)to "clog" up everything so that none of the cells can do their respective jobs.
They also had a drawing for 3 different gift baskets...I won the 1st one. It had all sorts of cool things, including a TNT sweatshirt, ear warmers, travel mug and a bunch of other goodies.
We then broke up into our different event groups. Some are hiking and others are biking. Our group is made up of several different races, all either 1/2 or full marathons. We got to meet our coaches and mentors. We also discussed the different training sites we would be at and the big run, that apparently the San Diego TNT group in known for, the "Train Run" where the group will take the train from Solana Beach to Oceanside and then run back!! They said we would do thins some time before Thanksgiving! Now that's something to look forward to.
This morning Mike and I began our training and ran about 3 miles! Mike is super motivated and so am I. And so the adventure begins...
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