On September 16, 2007 I will be doing the Nautica Malibu Triathlon in memory of my dad, Grant Burns, as part of The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society's Team In Training program. In honor of my dad and his love of cycling, I will be riding his bike for the 18 mile cycling portion. My personal goal is to raise $3,000 to support the society's mission to help stop leukemia, lymphoma, Hodgkin lymphoma and myeloma from taking more lives. http://www.active.com/donate/tntgla/TriBeckieTri

Sunday, November 06, 2005

Santa Barbara Half Marathon Weekend


Some of my fellow TNT teammates completed the SB Half Marathon this weekend. Any excuse to go to SB is always a good one for me, so I ventured up there for the weekend. I signed up for the 5K but needed to do 10 miles of training that weekend, so I ended up walking most of the half marathon. I turned around at the 8 mile mark and walked the 2 miles back to the finish line since the course went in a loop. I heard afterward that I skipped out right before a hill! Lucky! It was a great feeling coming in to the finish line. Even though I hadn't really completed a full event (well technically I did about three 5Ks!) I ran in and it felt great to have people cheering me in and shouting positive things! I knew I was there because I was supporting a great cause!