First Team Run

By RKB on May 15, 2010 11:39 AM | No Comments

Met up at Lake Harriet this morning at 8:00 AM for the first team training run. There was a very good turnout, and near-perfect weather for a short jog around the lake. I am so glad that I started running again in mid-March. My first run, then, was me gasping for air after about a mile, struggling to finish just two miles. My legs were sore for days afterwards. Today I could actually enjoy this first team run, the sunshine, the people, and the conversation.

Met a few other runners, including Tyler, all of twenty years old. He was diagnosed with ALL about a year ago, and is just about six months removed from a bone marrow transplant. So awesome.

Today's mileage: about 4 miles. Didn't wear a watch, so I'm not sure how fast I ran, but I'm guessing it was somewhere around a 10:00 minute mile.

Total mileage: 4 miles.

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A Few Notes

robert (now and then)
(hover to see RKB in 1990)
After running two marathons in October 2010 with Team in Training, I've decided to "slack off" with just the one marathon in 2011.

This year will be in memory of Siona Shah, an amazing young girl who spent the final third of her too-short life battling leukemia with courage, grace, humility, and smiles.

It will also be in memory of my step-grandmother, Ruth, who passed away on June 15th after a recurrence of Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma.

I'd originally started using this site to tell my story -- roughly eight months of treatment in 1990, as well as the impact leukemia had on me in the years that followed. Much of that story is still available through the "Table of Contents" below (starting with my initial diagnosis while I was studying in England).

 - Robert K. Brown

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