I am so excited to report that I have official race photos from Wildflower and UVAS to post and that through the miracles of the world, I have received an incredibly generous donation from an amazing man.
One of my teammates from the cycle team is an oncology nurse practitioner and Jim has been her patient for about a year after he was diagnosed with lung cancer. Katie writes:
"He's in his fifties, and has metastatic lung cancer. His disease is incurable, but he's been responding to his chemo treatments, which has allowed him to keep living his life! He's incredibly passionate about music, and actually plays in a band. He's married to the love of his life, and has two kids, Sarah and Paul, who are in high school and he adores them. Despite Jim's cancer diagnosis, he always has a big grin on his face, and is very upbeat and kind."
Jim wrote me this morning to thank me for being awesome. (I know, it really comes easy to me ;) Jim told me a bit about himself and below Jim writes:
"I'm telling you all this in hopes that it will help you go that extra mile. Cancer Really Does Suck, and it has affected my family and friends in many different ways. But it has never and will never get me down because I truly have a wonderful life. It's people like you and Katie that truly inspire me. I am very grateful to know that there are people like you and Katie, and your teams, doing what you do to fight cancer."
Wow. Forget about me being awesome. Jim is the hero here. How easy it is to forget when our lives are getting us down, when training gets hard, when you don't want to get out of bed...how truly lucky we all are to be alive. I'll be racing in honor of Jim's awesomeness on July 20. That's for sure.
Thanks to Jim's generosity I have just $700 to reach my goal of $8000. Are you waiting to donate? Don't wait any longer, the time is now!
Check out my photos from race day!
Wildflower 2008
On the ride looking like a pro!
Second shot is all smiles
Even tho I was ready to have um, GI issues, I'm still happy!
Finishing 8 hours and 9 minutes laterUVAS 2008
Hez and Yi on the run
Of course we had time to stop for a quick pose!
Hez and Yi bringing it home 2 hours and 22 minutes later
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