Amy Sahba's Team In Training Page
Racing to Save Lives
For those of you who might still have some lingering doubts about the matter, I've never been much of a runner. In fact it is safe to say that before I started training for the San Diego Rock’n’Roll Marathon in 2005 I had never ran as much as a mile in my life. Never, I tell you. I also should also make it very clear that I am not a speedy runner. It took me just under 6 hours to complete the San Diego event. In fact, people that were walking the event finished before I did. 80 year olds finished before I did. It’s ok. I’m not bitter. So now that I have made it clear that I really and truly dislike running (the boredom! the constant pounding! the pain in the knees! and in the back! and the feet! the early morning training! the squats! the gatorade! the gu! the... really I could go on more but I think you get the picture) I feel I can go on an explain to you why I do this. This whole marathon thing started when some good friends of mine caught me off guard at a very vulnerable time in my life and told me that I could cure cancer by running a marathon. REALLY? I was starry-eyed and ecstatic! ME!? Cure cancer! A-mazing. So that might be a *slight* exaggeration, but I really am fighting cancer with my running. Why? Well because I’ve been training with an amazing organization – Team in Training. They train you, prep you, encourage you and help you through all the steps of the process and in return, you do a bit of fundraising for them. All the money that participants raise goes towards finding cures for blood cancers like leukemia, lymphoma and myeloma. Did you know that every five minutes, in the United States alone, someone learns that he or she has a type of blood cancer? And that every ten minutes someone dies of a blood cancer? So - here is your opportunity – an opportunity for all of you out there to participate, support me in my marathon adventure AND cure cancer. Really? Yes YOU! You can help cure cancer. And all you have to is make a small donation! You don’t have to run a single mile. In fact, you don't even have to get up from your chair. I’ll run all the 26.2 miles for you. Everyone in this world has been touched by cancer: whether directly, or through a friend, family member or neighbor. I run in honor and memory of my grandfather, my mother’s dad: Daddy Frank. He passed away from leukemia in 1982. If you feel inspired to donate, please do so. And if you want to give me the name of someone in whose honor you want me to run in, let me know. I will be wearing their name on my jersey on race day. Thank you for your generosity!
