Running for more toMARROWs!!!

No weight change this week... I'm ok with that. I still know that no-matter-what, I'm getting healthier day by day even if the number on the scale hasn't moved. Disclaimer: The following statement is not a pity-party for one, just something that has to be put into words, but… I just don't quite understand how there can be no change in my weight. I was calorie deficient all week, meaning that my calorie intake was less than my calorie output (which for those of you who don't know, that's how you lose weight) and still I didn't lose any LB's. Who knows… I'm sure it'll show up (or down - HA) next week.

SOOOOO the big, HUGE, amazing news is that I'm about to register to run a 5K in September!!!! OMG I'm so stinking excited. The 5K is for Be The Match Foundation and it's called the Be The One Run.

Here is a little background as to why I've chosen this to be my first 5K EVER!!! (Get the solemn violin music playing in the background of your head as you read this part) So a year (or more) ago Mary brought a blog to my attention, The Almighty Talbot, this blog was being written by a woman, Courtney Talbot, who was recently diagnosed with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia with the Philadelphia Chromosome, 

and was journalling her journey, some could even say that her blog was possibly part of her own therapy. I did not know Courtney and I didn't even really know her partner, Kristen, although Kristen and I went to High School together, but Courtney touched my life in ways she'll never know. I obsessively checked in on her blog to see if there was an update, to monitor her progress, and to gain strength from her words of positivity while battling such a debilitating disease. Courtney was so brutally honest about her determination, her courage, her fears and her anger that you couldn't help but feel like you were sitting in her hospital room with her and listening to her testify her story. There's not too much I could do from 800 miles away, except lift her up in my prayers, and provide a buccal swab to see if I can be a match to Courtney or anyone else who I could possible help. Courtney was blessed to have found a bone marrow match in her sister and was able to have a transplant only to have the transplant not take and unable to find another match before she lost her battle. While she may be gone in body, she will always live on in sprit because of the amazing number of people's lives she touched without even meaning to. And it is in Courtney's memory that I have decided to run my first 5K for this particular foundation. 

Ok, wipe your tears.

I was not thrilled about doing this alone so I first contacted my girlfriend Liz, who's mother was a bone marrow transplant recipient and was fortunate enough to have the marrow take and is now in remission. After she was in 100% I decided to see if anyone else was interested and if we could get a team together. I put the idea out on Facebook and I'm completely overwhelmed by the response. Currently, the participants include Me, Liz, Shy, Nicole, Reanna, and Mandi and Jess (who are flying in from NH) and a few people have said they are interested but have to look into it more. 

I've thrown out a few ideas for a team name and I need to go online and register our team so everyone participating can get themselves registered. Here are the team names I've come up with and I'm interested to see what all of your thoughts are and if you have any other suggestions:

     For more toMARROWs
     Running for more toMARROWs
     Fighting for more toMARROWs
     Match Makers
     Insert your own catchy team name HERE!
So far the number one name is "Running for more toMARROWs" so that's prolly what we'll go with. I want to get a few t-shirts together for the team so I need to get a logo of sorts made (any volunteers?).

Today's bootcamp was pretty awesome and I was so charged afterwards that I stopped at the park on my way home and did a one mile lap around the running trail (go me) and I hope to keep this up until the 5K. I'm seriously not physically there yet, but I figure that I should be in 2 months if I start working hard at it now.

HUGS XOXOX