I’m not a long distance runner. I’m a chaser. I run to and from things. I’m good at fleeing the scene, but on November 7th 2010 at 7am, my first stride in the New York City Marathon will begin.
So why am I engaging in one of the most grueling physical experiences known? Well it’s a personal story for me and relateable to many of you out there reading. My sister, Kate died of Liver Cancer 2 years ago. She was only 27. I continue to live in a surreal space with the notion that she is gone. I ebb and flow between the whys and the hows of how this all happened and its effect on my life’s course. I miss her everyday, I hear her in the music we listened to together, in the jokes I still tell of hers and in the memories of us being so very close. So this is why I’m running the NYC Marathon on November 7th, I’m running in her memory for the American Liver Foundation and I would like your support.
I’ll be chronicling my progress with my training, sharing various amusing antidotes from this journey to NYC, and giving you all my latest donation updates.
If you feel obliged to donate there are a couple ways of doing so, which are explained in the Sponsorship tab at the top or in the direct link on the side of the page. Look around and get feel free to get in touch. Cheers!