Angie Mertes's Team In Training Page
Racing to Save Lives
Welcome to my Team In Training home page.
Hello Friends and Family,
Guess what I have gotten myself into this time? On top of working, planning a wedding, and planning a move....I have committed to walking The Maine Marathon Oct. 7, 2007 with the help of The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s Team in Training program. Yes, walking all 26.2 miles of it!!
First, let me tell you about the organization. The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society is the world’s largest voluntary health organization. Since 1949, the Society has been dedicated to finding a cure for leukemia, lymphoma, Hodgkin’s disease and myeloma. The Society also provides critical information and support to patients and their families and assists with costs incurred due to the disease (such as those treatments not covered by health insurance). Every five minutes someone is diagnosed with a blood cancer and every nine minutes someone dies from a blood cancer. Blood cancers do not recognize race, gender or age, they can effect anyone at anytime.
Many of you know that I am a procrastinator and the ultimate excuse maker. You can’t imagine the daily struggle it is for me to get off the couch and into my walking shoes. In the end the only thing that gets me out there to train is the knowledge that I CAN; I’M HEALTHY. Really, that is the least I can do. I don’t have cancer, heart disease, or a whole list of debilitating diseases that exist. My job has taught me that good health can turn quickly. Someday, should I find myself inflicted with some life altering disease, I can only hope that others would pick up the torch, get active, and fundraise to help my cause. Being thankful for my health is the motivation I need to train and to help raise my goal of $1,950 in support of the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.
I am writing to ask you to support me in my project by contributing as generously as you can to the Leukemia Society on my behalf. Your contribution will fund the research being done to find a cure for all cancers. Please join me in this great challenge. Whatever you can contribute matters...it all adds up!!
I hope you'll visit my web site often. Be sure to check back frequently to see my progress. Thanks for your support!
