It took two pairs of shirts, socks, underwear and shoes, two hats, one Garmin, a lot of sweat, a visit with my chiropractor at 1:30 a.m. and a lot of fight after maybe an hour of broken sleep, but 13.2 miles of running and a few more miles of walking later, Relay for Life is over.
That’s right, 13.2. Not 13.1. An extra tenth of a mile more than I promised just as a way to put a little more umph into kicking cancer’s butt.
I broke my running into three segments — 5.1 miles around 10:30 p.m. with a friend I met recently on Daily Mile; 5.1 miles a little less than 2 hours later; and 3 more miles that began at 4:45 a.m.
Those last 3 miles were in a Zombie-like state. I don’t really remember them that much. There’s really no other experience to compare it to.
Trying to get some sleep around 2:30 a.m.
It was so worth it though. Thanks to some final donations around 6 a.m., my fundraising passed $1,200 for this Relay for Life. My team is currently just pennies away from $3,400, but I expect that to get very close to or pass $3,500 by Monday.
All of the Lynchburg teams combined have raised more than $285,000 so far with that total likely to rise significantly after the final donations roll in.
This concludes the fourth year in a row that I’ve done fundraising to fight cancer and the second year taking part in a Relay for Life. I’ve raised more than $3,000 in this span. It’s such an unbelievable feeling — if you’ve never done it, I highly encourage it.
For my fifth year in 2012, I’m already looking at doing an American Cancer Society DetermiNation race — as soon as I figure that out, I will let you know.
As passionate as I am about running, I’m becoming just as passionate about fighting cancer. Let’s do this together.
This is what 13.1 miles looks like on a track. The lone line is from where I ended the first segment on one side of the track and started the second run on the other side.
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