Well, it actually began on Friday when I got my acceptance letter from the Dana Farber Marathon Challenge director welcoming me on the 2009 team, continued through the weekend on my first two runs, and solidified itself with a red tailed hawk fly-by as I came down the hill on Sunday's run...I'm training for the 2009 Boston Marathon, my first marathon, and raising as much money as I can for the Claudia Adams Barr Program in Innovative Basic Cancer Research at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.
Here's the email:
Greetings from the DFMC office,
We are pleased to tell you that you have been accepted to the DFMC 2009 team! Your official acceptance e-mail with additional information will be arriving in the next few days.
Congratulations and many thanks for your enthusiastic participation!
Kind regards,
So the truth is that at the time I got this I was totally torn...I desperately wanted to jump up and cheer, tell everyone about it, but I was also in the midst of a slight pregnancy scare and having visions of an 8 month pregnant Kerry waddling up Heartbreak Hill...that was not going to happen! Thank goodness it isn't - test was neg on Sunday and I went out for my first "long" run...4 miles...oh boy, do I have a ways to go!
Enough for tonight, getting peeps from the support team (DH, DD, and Hailey-dog) and have to get lunch ready for the morning so I can erg.
About Me
- Kerry Swift
- A recovering competitive rower, who has rowed marathons before, but now does them on her own two feet. A scientist who believes that basic, innovative research, if given the chance and funds, can find the cure for cancer. A sister, niece, grand-niece, daughter-in-law, and friend to so many who have had one form or another of this disease. My inspiration will be their strength, courage and love.
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