Independence Day

By RKB on July 4, 2010 10:35 AM | No Comments

Woke up this morning to a good amount of rain. Checked the radar and saw that it would be moving through the cities pretty quickly, so I had a quick breakfast, a little coffee, and drove over to the south end of Lake Harriet to start my run. Not far into my run, it really started to pour. Made me laugh. Actually, on the quiet, mostly empty paths around the lake, it made me open up my arms and smile. Why not? It was warm. I was drenched, but knew I'd be that way regardless by the end of my run. And it felt great to be out and about early on a Sunday morning, weaving my way along Harriet, then up to Lake Calhoun and Lake of the Isles before working my way back down again, tackling this weekend long run on my own.

Today's mileage: 10 miles in 01:46:30 (about 10:40/mile)
Total mileage: 132 miles.

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2010 marks my twentieth year in remission from AML. To celebrate, I will be training for and running two marathons with Team in Training: Twin Cities on October 3rd, and Dublin, Ireland on October 25th.

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 (or through the site archives).

But now I will also be writing about my training and fundraising goals, progress, as well as other thoughts, feelings, and experiences along the way for this milestone anniversary.

- Robert K. Brown

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