To my body,
I know that we have never seen eye-to-eye. It started off when I was born with a diaphragmatic hernia and flat feet. But I am asking you, begging you, pleading with you to please, please, please get better. I know you are mad at me for pushing beyond my limits and not listening to my aches and pains. I am sorry. You have always been so resilient. I thought that I could handle the grueling hours of training. I thought I was stronger than a little IT band and a toe.
Now don't get me wrong. I am in the best shape of my life. I am grateful for the progress we have made thus far. Still, I am begging you and I promise to do anything it takes to get better. I'll....I'll.....I'll even give up soccer (Did I just say that?!?!?) I'll workout more or less-which ever I need. I'll keep the house clean. I'll sleep more. I'll drink less...I'll do anything.
Body, how I heal emotionally if I can't heal physically??
Perhaps this is part of the challenge. Perhaps you and my mind decided this would be a good test, a fun experiment. A test of will, a test if integrity, a test of character. I honor your test and I challenge you to make me stronger, make me faster, make me better.
But please, above all-make me ready for this marathon.
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Track Marcy as she takes on training for her second Boston Marathon, fund raises for Dana-Farber Marathon Challenge, and tries to make sense of her life-all while having a sense of humor.
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Why am I doing this?
This probably should have been my first posting. I am running the Boston Marathon as part of the Dana-Farber Marathon Challenge team. The team is a group of over 500 who have come together for one cause: to create a world without cancer. You apply to run with the DFMC team and if chosen you raise money for the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.
I may be crazy for taking on this endeavor, but this is something I must do. I am running this year in honor of my grandmother and in memory of my father. My grandmother was diagnosed with stomach and esophageal cancer in 2001. I am happy to report she has been cancer free for five years. She is an amazing woman and I am humbled and honored to run for her this year.
My father lost his 30 year battle with cancer in February 2007. He had so much hope throughout his illness. He was such a positive and caring man. He was an amazing father and friend to me that I now feel lost without him. This is the only way that I knew I could honor both of them. Please help support me in any way you can.
I may be crazy for taking on this endeavor, but this is something I must do. I am running this year in honor of my grandmother and in memory of my father. My grandmother was diagnosed with stomach and esophageal cancer in 2001. I am happy to report she has been cancer free for five years. She is an amazing woman and I am humbled and honored to run for her this year.
My father lost his 30 year battle with cancer in February 2007. He had so much hope throughout his illness. He was such a positive and caring man. He was an amazing father and friend to me that I now feel lost without him. This is the only way that I knew I could honor both of them. Please help support me in any way you can.
1 comment:
i ask this of my body every day. everything from MY new running-related knee injury to the blisters from all of my kickass high heels. it never listens. but hopefully, yours will!!
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