Kick-off was a great way to meet my teammates and get fired up for the season. Because most of the people in the summer season are training for the Nike Women's marathon, the majority of my teammates are women. But there are a few brave men who will be training with us. We were also introduced to some of our team's honorees. I'll be sharing their inspirational stories over the course of my training, but needless to say, it was a great reminder of why we shouldn't complain about giving up our Friday nights for early Saturday morning runs, or complain about the blister on our toe.
Here are 2 of our team's honorees (Bill and Maddie) who have battled, and are continuing to battle cancer:
Our first official group run was last Saturday. It was short and sweet. Only 4 miles. But afterwards we had about 3 hours of seminars on nutrition, injury prevention and gear. Marathon U was held at Clif Bar headquarters, which was fun to see. Plus there were free Clif Bars. Yum.
Here is crazy ultra-marathoner Coach Tim giving us a talk about nutrition. I was sad to learn that Diet Coke is not actually good for me...
Let the training and fundraising begin! GO TEAM!
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