Off to make a difference.

Last week I sat in front of the Friends of Prentice marathon registration page for a very long time. Through the charity, we can sign up in advance for the race. I have the whole page filled out and all I had to do was hit submit. As I sat there, those five hours and twelve minutes flashed before me. Can I put myself through the intense training... take another risk of becoming injured again.... and face my fears of the single most difficult thing I have ever done? I minimized the page. I couldn’t do it.

All week I struggled with this. I said I would do it. I am going to run it again. There is no way I can live with my time!!! But more recently, I don’t want to run this for myself anymore.  I am running for a cause. A cause that is more near and dear to me today, than it was a year ago. Prentice Women’s Hospital saved my friend’s life last year. She is too young to experience the monstrous hell cancer brings. She is cancer free today thanks to Prentice. I want to run the Chicago Marathon for her and all the other young women who are blighted with this cancer. Step by step, I want to make a difference.


This one's for you, Jess.