Friday, February 26, 2010

Week 5 and a Mission Moment

Hey friends! We're well into week 5. Yesterday was my last mid-week 2-mile and I ran it in 15:24. Holllllaaa. That's fast for me. That's peanuts for Em, but oh well. Last Saturday we had group training and ran 5 miles on the American Tobacco Trail in Durham. Emily. about 6:45 AM. About 30 degrees. Sometimes that part is harrrrddd, y'all.

It was pretty cold but SUNNY and nice. We took it easy--10 minute splits--but did okay.
We finished sending out our letters, too. Hollie Novak (who teaches ceramics at Chapel Hill High, my beloved alma mater) ran into us at the Starbucks after the run and stuffed with us! Such a sweetheart. It's crazy: all of the people with Team in Training are united by this very warm spirit of giving, so it's hard to run into anyone (no pun intended) who won't lend a hand or give you a big smile or do something really enthusiastic and encouraging. We're already really excited about making new friends.

Em and Hollie. TWO HUNDRED LETTERS! STUFFED! SEALED! In da MAIL!

In one of our team emails this week, we heard about one of the reasons we're running:
"Teammate Al Colvin wanted to share his personal mission moment with the team this week. Al is training in honor of his little pal: Hunter Zen Thawley, an adorable little person struggling with leukemia. As of this week, Hunter is out of options. His cancer has returned for the fourth time, and after 9 rounds of chemo and a bone marrow transplant, there is nothing left to do to save his life.

Here is a message from Hunter’s mom 's blog :

'We are continuing to love on Hunter like never before. We are drowning him in kisses and holding him and squeezing him tight every single second we get. I tickle and smooch his tiny, little toes constantly. I look him deep into his eyes and make sure that he understands when I tell him that mom and dad love him so deeply and that we will ALWAYS be with him, loving him, cherishing him and applauding his amazing and courageous efforts.....wherever he is. We try to get him to smile as many times as we possibly can and are constantly figuring out ways to make his time left the most enjoyable and the most memorable......for all of us.'"


Hey Hunter. You're in our hearts.


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