Welcome to my Team In Training home page! I am participating in The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Team in Training program to complete a Half Ironman at The Lone Star Triathlon on March 30, 2008 in Galveston, TX.

For those of you unfamiliar with what a half ironman entails, I will be starting with a salt water swim of 1.2 miles (equvalient to 80 laps in a pool), followed by a 56 mile bike ride, and then wrapping things up with a 13.1 mile run to the finish line. Piece of cake, right? I originally signed up to do the quarter ironman which is basically half the distance for each of the three events, but decided recently that it just wasnt enough to scare me. I realized that there are so many people with Leukemia that are forced to endure physical procedures week after or week or day after day in some cases in a means to rid their bodies of such a deadly cancer. I figure if they can get through such torture and pain then I can too. So, I have raised the bar for myself and now I'm asking for your support. As a member of Team in Training, my goal commitment is to raise $3000 to help find a cure for leukemia, lymphoma, Hodgkin's disease, and myeloma.

I am training and doing the race in memory of my Great Aunt who had Leukemia. I am also to doing the race in honor of Chaise. He is a second grader that lives in Houston and is battling Leukemia right now. I never got a chance to meet my Great Aunt, but I did get a chance to meet Chaise at our Team in Training kick off party. It broke my heart to think about the times when he cant always go to school and/or play outside with his friends because his life is constantly being over run by cancer.

If you would like to donate to help me with my commitment I would greatly appreciate it. Remember, no amount is too big or small. Every dollar makes a difference! You may send me a check payable to "The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society" or you may make a contribution directly through my fundraising website using your credit or debit card. You can do this by clicking on LINKS on the left hand side column above and follow the simple steps. If you work for a coorporation, please ask your Human Resources Department if they participate in a matching gift program. If they do, please utilize this program so that my goal can be reached even faster!