Week Four Summary

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Had a great long run this morning, pushing ten miles along the Mississippi River in St. Paul. It was cool and overcast, threatening rain most of the time, but holding out until well after I'd wrapped up my miles. I continue to be pleasantly surprised by how well training has gone after one month. I'm definitely in much, much better shape than I was even a month ago, between all of the running and cross-training, and paying only a little bit of attention to my diet.

My fundraising totals are $3,644.50 thanks to additional donations this week from Mark & Laura Masuda, Mark, Neal, Scott, and Parvez.

Overall, a great first month on the way to two marathons this October!

Today's mileage: 9.7 miles in 1:50:00
Week 4 mileage: 18 miles on Mon, Wed, Sat, plus two days of cross-training (Tue, Fri spin classes at Life Time over lunch).
Total mileage: 69 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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