![]() ![]() ![]() So I started registering for the other runDisney race weekends and running all three races – the 5K, the 10K, and the half.Īnd then I found out about the Dopey Challenge. And that there was also a 5K that same weekend. The weekend that I ran that half marathon I realized that other people were running it as a part of a challenge and that included a 10K too. And it also wasn’t such a bad thing that the race benefited the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. And I wanted to do something hard to honor my dad and test my own strength. I did it because I wasn’t a runner but nothing would stop me from going out there and doing it anyway. I didn’t do it because I was a “runner” and others weren’t. I put one foot in front of another over and over again until my body could handle 13.1 miles. I thought, “there’s a hard thing that there’s no reason I can’t do.” And what a lovely f-you to the universe it would be to do it on the second anniversary of having my dad taken from me. And when I found out that there was a half marathon in Disney on the two year anniversary of his death, I thought some version of the same thing that I thought about whistling and doing a split. On February 21, 2014, the day after my 36th birthday, we made the decision to terminate life support. I ran to get out of my own head and tiptoe back into it at the same time. This was not the sort of pain that I could sit still with. When I needed quiet and focus and calm I was used to doing things like meditating. I started to run because I didn’t know how else to get out of my own mind. I had a 2 year old and a newborn and a corporate law job and a suffering mother and…him. ![]() He was diagnosed with acute leukemia on and for 10 months he screamed and yelled and went through 5 rounds of horrific chemo and called me from the hospital in the middle of the night hallucinating and accusing me of abandoning him and slowly, violently, died. And when I say he got sick, I don’t mean we sat peacefully by his bedside as he quietly wasted away. I worked out for health (and vanity-related) reasons in my teens and twenties and might spend a few minutes on the treadmill to warm up before hitting the weights, but that was enough. I hated running the mile in gym in grade school and would usually spend several minutes after it was over feeling like I might throw up. Running is kind of the same thing for me. Both were skills that I should be able to ace all on my own with just some time and effort. ![]() We are grateful for your continued support and understanding.When I was in law school, one random night, I had the unsolicited thought that it was unacceptable that I could neither whistle nor do a full split – because both were skills that I could practice and master with absolutely no people or equipment to help me. It is vital that as a community, we all take responsibility to keep each other safe whilst preparing and taking part our event weekends. To plan and run socially distanced events, we are guided by the following five principals: Our decision making will be informed by announcements from and conversations with the following groups: If this is necessary, we keep our community informed and will be in touch with relevant athletes with detailed information. If required, we have safety plans in place so that all events and all venues can be run as socially distanced events. We ran a very successful socially distanced event at Hever Castle in September 2020. The safety of our community is our priority and we are always working (and adapting) our plans to ensure safe racing.Īll our 2022 events will be run in line with government guidelines and, if required, we have plans in place to run them as socially distanced events. ![]()
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