Upcoming Events

Over the next month or so I have a number of events coming up that should be pretty fun. First up is the San Diego Brain Tumor Foundation 5K. This race falls on a meaningful weekend for me, and I'm happy to have a group of friends joining me for the walk again as part of Team Mokie.

 

 

Team Mokie 2013 

 

 

Last year this race fell on the same weekend that I had to run 20 miles in preparation for the Long Beach Marathon, so a group of us ran 10 miles before the 5K, ran the 5K, and then ran 7 miles after. Fortunately, this weekend has nothing crazy like that planned, and I only expect to be tutu-ing around for 3.1 miles on Saturday.

 

This coming weekend is a big weekend for me since it is my 2-year cancerversary. I was diagnosed with brain cancer on September 21, 2012, a day I will never forget. Instead of mourning the day/weekend its nice to have a fun activity planned to celebrate two years of living life to the fullest.

 

Early next month David and I will be heading to Minneapolis to run the Twin Cities Medtronic Marathon 10 Miler. Yes! I was able to talk David into another distance event with me!

 

 

Medtronic 10 Miler Course

 

 

I was recently honored with becoming a part of the Medtronic Global Heroes team, a team of 24 runners from around the world who are living with an implantable medical device. As a benefit of the team they are flying David and I out to Minneapolis for the weekend where we will take part in a number of group events in addition to the race. As part of the PR leading up to the event I did an interview with Fox News about the event, my running, and living with cancer. The full interview can be found here.

 

 

Fox 5 Interview

 

 At the end of October I have another event, but not a running one. This year I will take part in Accelerate Brain Cancer Cure's Over the Edge fundraiser for the second year in a row. This event involves rappelling 365 feet down the side of the Manchester Grand Hyatt, the highest building along the San Diego waterfront. Its terrifying, but fun.

 

 

Over the Edge 2013

 

 

 

 

If you'd like to support my fundraising for Over the Edge you can do so here, and see a recap and my video from last year here. Thank you in advance for your support!