Kristin Nelson's Team In Training Page!

Running my butt off to save lives

Don't worry, I have raised much more than $125 so far...(these are just online donations!)...but I still need help with my final push! This is my 14th week of training as a member of The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society's Team In Training. All of us on Team In Training are raising funds to help stop leukemia, lymphoma, Hodgkin lymphoma and myeloma from taking more lives.

I will be competing in the San Francisco Nike Woman's Half Marathon on October 23! Last year at this same event, our St. Louis contingent raised more than any other group at the race, $261,000 of the $10 million total! I have never done anything like this before so I am extremely excited to be part of all of this.

My fundraising goal for this event is $3,800 and seeing as this is a lot of money, I need your help! The mission of the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society is an important one especially because: -Leukemia is the leading disease killer of children under 15 years of age, yet ten times as many adults are stricken.

-It is estimated that leukemia and its related cancers (lymphoma, myeloma, and Hodgkin's disease) will strike some 110,600 Americans each year-55,100 will die each year from leukemia or a related cancer.

-Every five minutes someone in the US is diagnosed with a blood-related cancer, which is nearly 300 people a day.

BUT---Due to recent investment in research, the overall survival rate from leukemia has more than doubled. In children, the most common form of leukemia (Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia) has come from a survival rate of 4% in 1960 to a nearly 85% survival rate today!! My two honored teamates, Evan, 14, and Morgan, 10, are both in remission from leukemia, so everytime I run, I think of them!

Any donation is amazing-every little bit counts!! Please visit my webpage frequently to see my progress and... THANK YOU!