Welcome to my Team In Training home page! It's official! I've registered and have committed to TNT's Ironteam! Ironteam is something I’ve been thinking about for months and after losing two family members earlier this year, I’ve decided to stop thinking about it and just do it! So here I am! With Ironteam, I will train and compete in the Ironman Louisville event. What is an Ironman? It’s a 2.4 mile swim, 112 mile bike and lastly a 26.2 mile run otherwise known as a marathon but I think 26.2 miles sounds so much more doable!

Why Ironman? Why not just train for another Olympic distance or Half Ironman?

In my mind, Ironman always seemed un-doable. The distance is too long! Run a marathon after a 112 mile bike? Seriously? Un-doable, yet I’ve always wondered in the corner of my mind whether I can or not. During my last three seasons with the Team, I have trained and become friends with a number of our honorees and I am always so amazed and inspired by their strength and courage to train and compete in these endurance events whether in remission or while living with some form of blood cancer. That inspiration has recently led me to believe that I can do this! I am healthy and I am able so why not go for it?!

As part of my efforts, not only have I committed the next ten months to train for this event but I have pledged to raise over $8000 in the fight against cancer! With your help, I believe I can achieve this! I will no doubt come across many physical and mental obstacles while training for this event but that seems so trivial compared to experiencing radiation, chemo and losing a loved one to this sickness. Please help accelerate cures for leukemia, lymphoma and myeloma and bring hope to the patients and families who are on the front lines of the battle against these diseases.

Why Team In Training and Ironteam?

It’s because:

* Leukemia is the #1 killer of children under the age of 15.

* Every 5 minutes, another child or adult is diagnosed with a blood related cancer.

* Every 9 minutes, another child or adult is expected to die from a blood related cancer.

* Research is working- 25th years ago, only 5% of children diagnosed with leukemia survived; today the survival rate of 81%.

81% if an improvement from 5% but it is not good enough until it reaches 100%.

The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society is unique in that it allocates its money equally to research and patient services.

Some of the great patient and community programs the money you'll donate will help fund include:

*Co-pay assistance and financial aid for people with blood cancers,

*First connection, a program that matches newly diagnosed patients with survivors to provide support and anticipatory guidance,

*Camp Okizu, a camp for kids with cancer and their siblings. (How can you say no to summer camp?)

My goal is to raise over $8000! With your help, I can do that! All donations are tax deductible and 75% of all donations go directly to the Cause.

Please make a donation to support my participation in Team In Training and help advance the Society's mission.

I hope you'll visit my web site often. Be sure to check out my training blog frequently to see my progress.

http://ironyi.blogspot.com/

Thanks for your support!

Heartfelt thanks to those who have made a donation to date: Image Orthodontics* Mike Lee* Lang Ngo* Mike Kwok* Lane Bustos* Mike Spence* Sarah Ashby* Melissa Rinck* Kaz Takahashi* Susan Medina- Cue* Kris Harrison* Stephen Dodson* Byron Chew* Chris Nicita* Max Low* Rhian Gracey* Riquelen Ngumezi* Veronica Cowen* Albert Woo* Jaynie Kirby* Wing Chin* Pao Her* Kara Teklinski* Marilyn Stemerick* Francis Tran* Michael Tom* Philip Leung* Michelle Williamson* Olive Bar* Steven Meserve* Mary Kahn* Stella Lui* Tiffiny Furdak* Colleen Brown* Rita Yee* Anthony Romanelli* Luke O'Reilly* Katie Serleth* Ken Wong* Jon Canio* Annabelle Quan* Abid Mohsin* Neil Geraghty * Danny Lee* Jeff Cleary* Andrew Chen* Dorris Lam* Eileen Ho* Melissa Cheung* Kristen Harlan* Paul Cabler* Jen Shaw* Mari Corella* Emily Garlick* MJ Jenkins* Kristina Pineda* Michael Huddleston* Tory Polich* Mark Wong* Nancy McAuliffe* Kerry Dantzig* Eric O'Jard* Matt Spence* Kris Roxas* Maggie Celestini*