First Team Training of the Season

Wow! What an amazing turnout this year...I'm so excited to be back training with the team. There were close to 200 people this morning and in the two weeks since training has started we have raised over $70,000. A couple of people have already raised over $3K each! Amazing!

Some notes from this morning...

1. The mission moment was from Rick who is married to one of the coaches...5 years in remission-Go Rick! And training, how awesome. His chemo sounded so painful. They would actually tap into his spine, remove some of the spinal fluid and replace it with his chemo medicine. That stuff is nasty. Basically puts ones body on the edge of radiation poisoning.

2. This week's run was dedicated to a woman who had just joined TNT only to find out a week later that her sister was diagnosed with lymphoma. She missed training today as her sister was starting chemo.

3. Tyler was in my thoughts a lot today. I cannot imagine what his family is going through. I look at my 5 year old and cannot imagine my life without him in it. I'm thankful for everyday I have with him. I'm thankful I'm capable of running so that I may do this fundraiser for kids just like him.

And today's funny story from Coach Shelby as told during the shoe clinic (I know it sounds like a joke but it's a true story):

A Romanian couple comes into the store after a podiatrist has told the man that he should see a shoe specialist to help with his pains from running. Shelby has him walk for him so that he can see how his gait is so that he can recommend a shoe. He notices the man is overpronating so tells him, your problem is you're way overpronating. His wife looked at him aghast. Shelby kept using the phrase overpronating and finally the husband asks, "why do you keep saying that I'm overpronating." Shelby explains to him that he is turning his foot inward too much. The man responds that in his country, pronating means a male orgasm. No wonder his wife was aghast, who would have thought running could be causing all his problems?

And to end: Thanks to all who have donated! If you haven't and would like to the web address is: http://pages.teamintraining.org/wa/rnrseatl09/awestwood So far we are at $405 (it doesn't all show on the website because some of it is from checks that need to be submitted).

GO TEAM!