Enough about me.

Yesterday, at work, I took an elderly woman to the ER who was having a heart attack.  She was very uncomfortable, nauseous and very scared.  She underwent an urgent procedure to re-open her clogged arteries.  Then, there was a young man who broke his femur in a car accident.  There was a 41 year old woman who could barely breath because of an embolism in her lungs.  Today, I also received word that a good friend has cancer and the wife of another friend, who has been battling cancer, is having exploratory surgery to see if it may be back.

So, today I trained and I trained hard.  Harder than I probably should have this close to the race.  But every pedal stroke, every swim stroke was powered by the vision of all these people, strangers and friends alike, who are hurting in their own way.  No matter how much my legs burned on the ride or lungs burned during the swim I just shook my head and told myself "Suck it up because you are lucky to be able to experience this kind "pain".

So, next week if I am strong enough to make it to the marathon I am going to dedicate one mile to each person I know is having a tough time in life right now.  If anyone out there knows or has met someone and you would like to share their story, please do and I will run a mile for them as well.  The marathon is 26 miles.  I will post the names at the end of the race.  Until tomorrow, be well, be safe and get out and enjoy the life you have.