October 31, 2008

The marathon was last weekend. I ended up raising a total of $1960. All together, we raised 2.8 million dollars!

All of this money stays in NC and SC. It goes to breast cancer research to help find a cure for future generations, to minority women, to uninsured women, to help educate women on getting exams and about prevention, etc., etc.

I walked beside great women that weekend. I walked with survivors and women who have breast cancer. I walked with women who have moms with breast cancer. And I walked with women who lost their moms to breast cancer. All of the stories touched me.

One girl, I met who was walking alone said her mother had been diagnosed twice. She was on chemo now, and the first time her mother went through chemo, her father died. Just really sad. It seemed all my problems just melted away.

Mile 26 on the first day:

This was probably one of the hardest things I've done yet in my life.

Me at the finish:

The second day was the half marathon, and it was over.

Me signing the participant banner:

My parents were there to support me. They showed up at a few of the cheering stations. It ended up being a great weekend, even though we all started off in the rain Saturday morning.

It was long and tiring. But every step was so worth it!