Didn't rain after all this morning, although it might as well have been given how completely soaked my shirt was by the end of the run. Lots of humidity, even at eight in the morning.
Had a really good long team run, hills and all, with more opportunity to get to know some of the other runners a little better. After striking up a conversation with Corey -- this is one of the keys to doing the longer runs, by the way, is finding and maintaining a pace where you can carry on a conversation -- I learned that he, too, is a leukemia survivor.
The stories, they keep coming.
He had ALL when he was five, and went into remission. Shortly after his tenth anniversary in remission, following an annual check-up, he learned that he'd relapsed. A bone marrow transplant from his brother ensued. That was twelve years ago. We shared war stories a bit, and both of us are blessed to have avoided any kind of long-term health issues that might have originated with high doses of chemo or radiation when we were younger.
This is why I'm running: because I can.
Today's run: 8.3 miles in 1:35:30 (with water stops)
Weekly total: 23 miles in five runs, plus Tue/Fri spin class for cross-training.
Total mileage: 114 miles.
Fundraising total: the progress bar shows $5,164.50, but I'd mailed in several checks to the Leukemia Society earlier in the week, so my actual numbers should be somewhere around $5,500.
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