As most of you know, I run marathons to raise money for American Cancer Society. You've helped me raise thousands of dollars for cancer research. I'll keep running and raising money until I can't run anymore.This year, I made my 2013 race plan: I'd run Burlington Marathon in May, try for the Vermont 50 in September and then the Marine Marathon (my mother's favorite race) in October. I was looking at 2013 to be a record breaking cancer fundraising year. I still am.
However, I encountered a roadblock. ACS isn't sponsoring a team for the Burlington Marathon anymore, which means I can't raise money for ACS in May. I could travel far and wide in search for another race that does have a team but I'm pretty attached to my home state's gorgeous run.
My friend Lisa Adams was diagnosed with Stage IV metastatic breast cancer late in 2012. She's raising money for Metastatic Cancer research through Sloan-Kettering. Lisa has supported me through every run. Every single damn run. She writes about her journey with brutal honesty and breathtaking insight on her blog and as a Huffington Post contributor, giving shape and life to my mother's struggle with Stage IV cancer in a manner that mom was never able to fully express.
So if you are inclined to contribute to my runs for cancer research, this year I'm running in support of Lisa's fundraising effort. Let's help her bust open her $20,000 fundraising goal for metastatic cancer research.
Click HERE for Lisa's fundraising site.
4 comments:
You are such a good person G.
And I'm inspired, shocked, amazed at how strong Ms Lisa is.
God bless her. <3
I finally got the chance to meet Lisa tonight (by phone), and she told me about your commitment to support her fundraising efforts for Memorial Sloan-Kettering. As an ACS staffer, I was sorry to see the changes at our marathon program, but I cannot think of a better effort to support, or a better person at its helm. In fact, you inspired me to go over and make a donation myself.
Go get 'em, G! And you, too, Lisa!
All I can say is wow. I just spent an hour reading her blog. What an amazing woman! Thank you so much for introducing her. I'll keep her and her family in my prayers. (They've got to find a cure!!)
Thanks for introducing Lisa, what an amazing woman. It hits home as I just lost my mom a couple of months ago to colon cancer (she lived 4+ yrs with metastasized stage IV cancer). And I'm a mother of 3 little kids also. I'll support your May marathon (by the way how do you train in winter in VT?? I'm in Chicago and I only run fall marathons because I can't train in winter months here).
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