First Day of Training

February 13
It was perhaps 47 degrees this morning when I met my team at 6:45 at Kennedy Park in Coconut Grove! Now, this is cold weather for us South Floridians! Most of us donned our sweaters over our training t-shirt and that was fine, but not for me. I had to borrow Ryan’s thick “up north” sweater to keep me warm. Thanks Ryan! Everyone was in great spirits and rearing to go, but we couldn't begin without doing our warm ups. I can’t remember the last time I did jumping jacks- thank goodness we only had to do 15. We broke off into three team- continuous runners, interval runners, and walkers. My team consisted of another walker and Coach Joe. Have you ever met anyone who has walked over 20 marathons? Well, I did and he is Coach Joe! I am delighted to be starting this endurance event with him. We did a total of 30 minutes of walking today- I kept a walking pace of just about 16 minutes per mile.

Our training was followed by a conversation with Mike Clay, the father of our honored teammate, Dominic. After listening to Mike speak about his Kindergarten son (who also came out to see us), I once again reiterated to myself that every single dollar I raise for this event helps toward a cure for blood cancers. Thanks to Coach Lisa for the heartwarming close to our first training day.

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