Racing to Save Lives: 1/2 Marathon 2009

Welcome! Thanks for taking the time to check out my fundraising page.

I'm training to participate in the Houston/Armaco Half Marathon (13.1 miles!) endurance event on January 18, 2009 as a member of The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society's (LLS) Team In Training.

This is my second event with Team In Training. I am also currently training for a 100 mile bike ride in Honolulu on September 28, 2008. If you want to check out my cycle blog, click here:

http://pages.teamintraining.org/txg/honoride08/lposevina.

All of us on Team In Training are raising funds to help stop leukemia, lymphoma, Hodgkin lymphoma and myeloma from taking more lives. I am completing this event in honor of all individuals who are battling blood cancers. These people are the real heroes on our team, and we need your support to cross the ultimate finish line - a cure!

Please make a donation to support my participation in Team In Training and help advance LLS's mission. My personal goal is to raise $2000 by September 30, 2008. If you are unable to make a donation, maybe you know someone who will. Please pass this along to all of your friends!

Come back and visit my web site often to check on my progress. Thanks for your support!

Donations In Memory /Honor of:

(if you have someone you would like to donate in memory/honor of, email me at lisa.posevina@gmail.com and I will update the list.)

Donation Facts:

1. Donations are 100% tax deductible.

2. 75 percent of the Society's expenditures directly advance our mission.

3. Check with your company and see if they match contributions! Make ever dollar count. :) (For those Baker people, the company will match a donation of $100 or more.)

Where Does the Money Go?

1. Research

2. Patient Services Program

3. Advocacy Program

4. Professional Education Program

What Will My Donation Cover?

* A donation of $25 provides patients and their loved ones with FREE booklets that contain up-to-date information on their disease and help them make informed decisions about their treatment options.

* A donation of $50 makes possible a Family Support group with a trained facilitator where comfort can be found and experiences can be shared among patients and family members.

* A donation of $100 helps supply laboratory researchers with supplies and materials critical to carrying out their search for cures.

* A donation of $1,000 makes possible one- on-one conversations with health care specialists who provide patients with information about their disease, treatment options, and helps prepare them with questions for their health care team.

Blog

11/19/08

Ran a bit under 6 miles at Memorial tonight. I did one warmup lap on my own followed by some speed inteverals between light poles with the group.

11/15/08

Ran 10.5 miles today at Memorial towards downtown. I got some weird foot pain on my right side during the last mile or so. :(

11/12/08

Ran one and a half loops at Memorial tonight. Nothing special.

11/8/08

Ran 10 miles this morning. The weather was beautiful.

11/4/08

Ran 5 miles at the loop tonight with a good mix of speedwork in the middle.

11/1/08

The Halloween festivities through off my body clock, so I ran 8 miles on my own this morning. We also had our TnT alumni bike ride starting at 9:30AM. It was quite a busy day.

10/29/08

Did a 30 minute tempo run at the loop tonight.

10/25/08

Ran 11 miles at Terry Hershey today. The San Antonio team ran their longest run - 21 miles! Go Team!

10/22/08:

Ran a quick 3 miler out at Memorial right before the rain poured down.

10/11/08

Ran 8 miles today with the Team. We started at Memorial Park and ran west on Memorial. After the run, a nutritionist gave us a few tips on fueling.

09/20/08

Ran 5 miles today with the Team. We started at Memorial Park and ran towrds downtown and back.

09/08/08

Ran 4 miles today at Lifetime. I am trying out some new strategies based on marathoner Jeff Galloway. So far so good.

09/03/08

Ran 3 miles today followed by a half hour of speed work (ladder) with the team at Memorial Park.

08/24/08

Ran 3 miles today. I'm a little behind on my training due to my focus on cycling, but I think I can easily makeup for it in the next couple weeks.

08/20/08

We did some interval training at Memorial Park tonight...