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, April 02, 2006

The next 1/2 marathon on the horizon...

Well, I am officially into this running thing now. I remember being on the soccer team in high school and having to do conditioning and hating every second of it. I always thought of my friends who ran track and cross country and thought they were crazy for loving running. But now I can see what they saw in it. If you have something to train for, then it makes it so much more bearable and even a little addicting! With that said, I have completed a 5 mile run and 10K run since doing my half marathon in Phoenix and plan on running the San Francisco Nike Women's Half Marathon in October 2006. I am currently mentoring a new set of marathoners with Team in Training as they train for the San Diego Rock n Roll and Alaska Midnight Sun Marathons. I am running more and more instead of walking and my foot hasn't given me any problems (yeah!). I will officially start training and fundraising again for the Nike 1/2 in May. I am excited to be part of such a great organization. Team In Training has been such a great experience for me and I look forward to staying involved with it! Go Team!