Training Log

12:44 pm - new 13+ mile route near my friend's house in Cordova that has some very nice hills.  There aren't that many good hills in Collierville, and I really enjoyed this run!  Weather was perfect 65 and sunny.

6 pm - 7.8 mile town hall lake loop.  Gorgeous evening,  Felt strong.  IT band was just a little tight on the right side, but getting better.

7 am - 2.3 mile run with Carbon around the neighborhood

6:15 pm - 7.8 mile town hall lake loop

6:30 pm - about 10 miles on the bike trainer inside - it is getting dark earlier!  Pretty intense spin workout to music.  Then ran about a mile before getting to an area where there were no streetlights.  Turned around at that point because I could not see well enough to continue.  The neighborhood was ok, just too dark to see and did not want to trip on something.  On the way back, right IT band started to hurt again, so I stretched well afterward.  Probably 1+ miles running.

Rained hard all day.  Book club in the evening.  No run today.

6 pm - 7 mile run.  The Race for the Cure is tomorrow morning, a 5K.

8:30 am - the Mid-South Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure 5K.  Another PR. Several departments at work joined to form a team that walked and ran to honor two co-workers with breast cancer.  The two we honor are relatively young women who we all work with closely every day. One is 45 and the other is in her mid-thirties.  Our team is the Pink Lizards - Pink symbolic of the Race for the Cure color and Lizard, the childhood nickname of one of the co-workers who is fighting cancer. 

I also run to honor my Mom, who was diagnosed with breast cancer this summer and was fortunate that it was found early enough so that her treatment is not as severe as my other friends' treatments.  My list of women who I run in honor or in memory of is now growing every year.  I wear the list with my race number when I run.

I run to honor -

Mom

Jeanne

Lisa

Teresa

I run in memory of -

Grandma Adelaide Tallman

Aunt Dorothy Tallman

All are fighting or have fought breast cancer.  It not only affects the person who has cancer but also their entire families and network of friends.  Many important gains have been made in diagnosis and treatment which would never have occurred had it not been for fundraising and awareness efforts.  More work is yet to be done to find a cure.

The day ends with this quote that my friend and co-worker Yolanda wrote and that graces the back of our team shirts -

"Lizards are said to be a symbol of letting go, agility, conservation, and promotes dreaming."

"The Pink Lizards are walking and running for the conservation of the dream of finding a cure for breast cancer and letting go of the fear of this disease for future generations."