3 weeks to go

OMG! The relay is 3 weeks from tomorrow! It seems like just yesterday I stumbled across the website and had the bright idea to run it! I am making a guesstimate on the total dollars raised. It looks like we are at about $1900, from the donations I turned in, the ones that are in the bucket at the salon and some that the other girls have in hand. That is a long way from $3000, but I feel confident we'll make it!

Yesterday, Amy, Yvonne, Manoel and I drove up to Georgetown to run Amy's first leg. Guenella Pass was closed for repair, so we decided to run part of Lisa's leg instead. I am so glad that is Lisa's leg and not mine! It kicked my behind! We were at about 9200 feet and I don't know what the grade was other than way UP hill. I could actually taste the metal from my fillings, I was straining so hard. It is a tough run! Lucky we have some really strong runners! Lisa: You go girl!

I was talking to Molly this morning about the race and how she can help. She had read in an email that we were looking for pacers and bless her, she started looking for pacers. She talked to one of the girls at her physical therapist office and the girl suggested she post it at the Panarama building. I told Molly that 2 of our runners are from the physical therapy at Panarama. She commented on how things really do come full circle. We really are all meant to be on this team.
Molly said something else that I know, but just hadn't thought of recently. This race and all the money we raise and all the good things for Outward Bound are wonderful, BUT we should still be focusing on how we all came together in the first place. Christy was ill. She had cancer. She had Ovarian Cancer that was progressed very far by the time it was diagnosed. We all need to be aware. We need to know our bodies and when something just isn't right we have to be vigilant in finding answers!