Racing for a Cure

Brenan has been keeping himself busy this weekend, doing some house and yard work, getting ready for his next hospital stay. He is feeling good and was finally able to put his season tickets to use and go to an Arizona Cardinals game on Sunday - they beat Miami in his honor, I believe.

I had a race this weekend - something my training team signed up for to help us get ready for the real thing in October. It consisted of a 1000 meter swim and a 3K run. Unfortunately, I didn't do as well as I had hoped. I was very disappointed in myself. I definitely finished, but not as strong as I had thought I would. I had been beating myself up about this for the past couple of days.

But last night, my friend Amanda brought over a movie called "Saint Ralph," an inspirational film to get us ready for another mini triathlon we are racing in next weekend. The movie is about a boy who trains to run a marathon. He wants to create a miracle by winning the Boston Marathon thinking this will be the way to awaken his mother from a cancer-induced coma.

I highly recommend this movie - not just because it's an award winning and entertaining film - but because it really hits home for me and reminded me of my goal, and that's to bring us closer to finding a cure. I'm not competing to win any race. I'm doing this for my brother and for cancer patients everywhere. I had forgotten my purpose, but now I remember.

Here's a photo of a few of us on the team who raced on Saturday: