Happy Sunday everyone!!!
First of all thank you so much for the continual support of me throughout this extremely challenging and honestly life changing event that I am going through right now- every single day I think of how blessed I am to have been so fortunate to be able to live the life I lead. To have the most amazing parents in the world who have supported my crazy endeavors from my swim meets when I was little where they would drive me for hours to be at a pool at 5am, to my lacrosse tournaments all around the Northeast and my world travels for lifesaving (that I know they had a really hard time sacrificing going with me on those :)) But more importantly not only were they able to help me financially pursue all of my dreams they were always at every game/meet/event to watch me and my teams no matter what.
Now, that I have started running this marathon I am now being given the opportunity to do something I have NEVER had the chance to do before, primarily because I did not have the courage or the desire, but to be honest I do not think that I would have been able to put myself to pay for a race that you are basically torturing yourself for 26.2miles lol. So the fact that I have provided this chance to run the race without having to pay a thing is empowering me in ways not only in running but it has reopened my eyes into what else I can do.
One of these things is helping empower other people. As a part of our commitment to running the 2012 LA Marathon our team has also committed to helping others through the organization OpUSA. OpUSA is an organization that helps provide aid and relief to "overcome the effects of disasters, disease, and economic proverty." This is a continuous effort that will always be a challenge for our world, but knowing that with the money I have saved from signing up for this marathon, I can donate it to a child who did not grow up with the same opportunities as myself just makes running the marathon even more meaningful. As the marathon costs $150 I commit myself to donating that amount to OpUSA. I hope that you all reading this, if able to, will also help me by donating too! This is a rare chance to 1. see me run more than 100m and 2. to help other children and families have even a glimpse of how amazing we have it. The website to help donate is http://www.crowdrise.com/csodlamarathonfundraiser . Any amount is greatly appreciated!!
Week 9 of training : 12 miles Playa del Rey to the Manhattan Beach Pier :)
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