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Why Team in Training

When my dad was diagnosed with Stage II pancreatic cancer in January of 2004, his oncologist decided to try a relatively new chemotherapy cocktail. This new chemo cocktail was showing promising results for the usually deadly pancreatic cancer. My dad underwent chemotherapy and radiation treatment until September 2004. As of this January 2009, he is five years post-diagnosis and cancer free!

Continuing cancer research to find advanced treatments for the disease is essential to utimately curing cancer. Since its formation in 1949, Team in Training has invested more than $600 million in research to leukemia, lymphoma, and myeloma. At least 75% of the money raised by participants goes directly towards this research.

When Mike and I decided we wanted to train to run a half-marathon, we found that Team in Training was a great fit. By receiving thorough training and guidance, we would be given all the tools necessary to run our first endurance race. The best part: we would raise money for cancer research! Cancer has touched both of our families: in addition to my dad's cancer, we've each lost a grandparent to the disease. We have an investment in cancer research, for our own long-term health!

Oh, and the bonus? I get to go to Seattle for the half-marathon!

To find out more about The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, please visit their website.

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Thursday, February 26, 2009

Drumroll please....

...and the course is up on the Rock 'n' Roll Seattle website!


7:00 am – MARATHON & HALF MARATHON START

  • 0.0 Interurban Ave S. at Foster Golf Links
  • Right at Boeing Access Rd.
  • 2.8 Left at Martin Luther King Jr. Way S.
  • 4.0 Right at Cloverdale St.
  • 4.6 Right at Wabash ABulleted Listve. S.
  • 4.8 Left at Seward Park Ave. S.
  • Stay right at the Y to Seward Park Ave. S.
  • 6.7 Right at Juneau St., short loop around circle
  • 6.8 Right at Lake Washington Blvd.
  • 10.1 Lake Washington Blvd. becomes Lakeside Drive
  • 10.3 Left at Day St., then quick right up to I-90
  • 10.35 Left onto I-90 express lanes
  • 12.6 Exit from I-90 express lanes, left on Airport Way
  • Right at 4th Ave.
  • 12.8 Stay left at 2nd Ave. Ext. S.
  • Left at Washington St., then quick left to 2nd Ave. S.,
  • 13.1 FINISH on 2nd Ave. S. between Jackson St. and King St.
    FINISH - 2nd Ave. S. between Jackson St. and King St.

Oh yeah, we're running on the Interstate (I'm sure it will be closed)! We finish really close to the full marathoners, so we should be able to see some of the best and first marathoners finish right when we are. They also posted an elevation chart:


I know it's hard to read without enlarging it, so I'll paraphrase - there's a hill that climbs about 200 feet (the first large blue peak) for a full mile - yowza! After that, it's fairly flat until Mile 10, where there is quick climb up to 150 feet and then rolling hills for two miles. The part I love: being a half-marathoner, I completely miss that large green four-mile blob of a hill that the full marathoners have to take on.

Posted by Christy at 8:25 AM  

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