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Comments: Well the gun went off and I tried to loose myself in the music on my iPod. Almost everyone at this race has a story. Someone they know or loved has been touched by cancer in some way. Lots of cancer survivors, lots of people wearing 'in memory of' or 'in celebration of' signs. I was trying really hard to not cry. Christine and Terri would both kick my ass for that. I had no time goals I just wanted to honor them by doing my best. Hip was sore the first mile then quieted down nicely. Legs were a bit tired but I was happy to be eeking it out. I was doing pretty good thru the first 3 miles. Don't cry don't cry don't cry. We went out on a little out and back that was part of the original race (they have changed it ove the years) I rememebr the first year when Renee and I were running together. Christine was a little ahead of us and we saw her go into a porta potty. We ran past then along she comes and whacks Renee on the ass..........don't cry don't cry don't cry....... My hip started hurting again the last mile. I just didn't give a rats ass about my time. I walked quite a bit. WHERE was the f-ing finish line. I finally saw it and YAY I was done. What would you do differently?: not sure  Post race
Warm down: I was still searching for Jeff. Got some food and stuff. I sat down near Terri's sign to wait as it was our meeting place. As I was sitting there I saw 2 litle girls maybe 8 and 10 years old. They were wearing signs that said "In memory of mommy we miss you and love you" with an older woman who I can only assume was their grandmother with a in memory of "my daughter" sign. We all get so f*cking caught up in things that are just not important. How important is it in the grander scheme of life if I run 10 minute miles or 11 minute miles? Its not important at all. I do this for fun and fitness and I try my best evertime I train and race. Being able to do this with my family is so so important. I'm so lucky. My dad found me before the start of the 1 mile walk and gave me my car keys back. I went and got my phone because it has a good camera and I wanted pictures of Terri's sign. Janice and my parents finished and we got some pictures and left. My parents as cancer survivors got second goody bags so my mom was all happy. She really enjoys doing this event every year. What limited your ability to perform faster: Too emotional, sore hip, not feeling well Event comments: This race is near and dear to me. Moffitt Cancer center is where both my parents were treated for their cancer and is my target charity for the Janus Charity Challenge. I have lost 4 friends to cancer in the last year. My friend Jennifer from the hospital died last May, Christine in July, my employee Rick in November and Terri 2 weeks ago. Both my parents are currently cancer free. I am grateful beyond words especially for my dad. His cancer carries a 5 year survival rate of 5%. He is currently over 4 years from his surgery and chemotherapy and cancer free. He is so so lucky. Moffitt is one of the top 2 lung cancer centers in the country. Pete proposed to Terri at this race in 2007 at the finish line. Her memorial 2 years later is the day of the race. The first year the race was run I ran it with Renee and Christine. SIGH Race was MUCH more organized than last year. Things went extremely well for them with over 4000 participants. Profile Album Last updated: 2009-04-13 12:00 AM
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Not so much a race report as an accouting of a very emotional weekends journey. The day before the race I drove over to Tampa to get packets for Janice, My mom and dad and myself. It was a very hectic tiring week and day for me and with Terri's memorial and Tom's wedding on race day plus ER call looming I was in a weird place. Basically I was just tired and cranky. I made it home around 4:30ish. Handed out the packets. My mom is so cute she is ALL about the goody bag. She loved it. Then I gave her her mothers day gift. Yes my 70 year old mother is addicted to video games. She LOVES the Wii. I got her the Jilliam Micheals work out Wii game plus I got them all the Wii attatchment things...tennis raquet golf club etc.
Race morning we all got up to the sounds of my dad puttering in the kitchen. I had been to PT lady the day before and my hip was feeling better but overall I had not felt well friday and still didn't I had a lot of right sided pain similar to when I had my kidney stone. Up and at em at anyrate. had some diet coke and Janice had made rice crispie treats for breakfast...YUM.
I drove us over to USF and we got a PRIMO parking place. We were trying to find where to get our timing chips and we find a big Placard with Terri's picture honoring her. I'm not exactly sure how that happened. We were all just looking at it and Janice and i were wearing our Team Terri shirts and a volunteer came over and asked us who she was. I tried to explain we had lost her a mere 2 weeks ago and Pete had proposed 2 years ago at the finish. Janice and I lost it. Just a blubbering mess. My goal for the race became to NOT CRY while running.
We found the timing chips and sat down. We overheard this guy say "I don't need a timing chip I need a calender"....teeheehee:) I was really not feeling well. I'm not sure if it was from seeing PT lady the day before, a touch of the flu the anxiety of the day that lay ahead or all of the above. Janice and I walked over to the start of the 5 mile race and I kept looking for signs of Jeff, Brian or Pete. They ended up not making it for obvious reasons.
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