Join Team RunningSkirts.com for the Cure

I think that almost every Canadian has to have been touched by a friend or family member who has had breast cancer. Here is a chance to get in on the action and either run or walk for that person.

On Sunday, October 5, 2008, runners and walkers all across Canada join in one of 55 inspirational community runs in the fight to cure breast cancer. CIBC Run for the Cure is organizing it’s 17th annual run this year throughout communities from Victoria, BC to St. John’s, Newfoundland.

Run for the Cure’s first run took place in Toronto in 1992 and since then over 1 million people have joined in the cause. Last year alone, 170 thousand walkers and runners raised over $27 million dollars for breast cancer research, education and awareness programs.

No need to go it alone - join up with Team Running Skirts for the Cure. Running Skirts.com not only offer 30% off any pink running skirt or athletic skirt, they also donate 5% of all proceeds to the fight against breast cancer. Join their national team or make a donation!

After you join Team Running Skirts, shop online at Running Skirts and use the discount code “RunningSkirts for the Cure” in the checkout notes and you will be refunded the 30% discount on any pink skirt. The deal doesn’t get any sweeter than this.

2008 - My Year to Run

I realize that I haven’t been actively inputting to my website or blog in quite some time now and I’m happy to say that is changing. I love running and I want to write about it. I took on a temporary full-time position in a 9-5 job which seemed to be all I could concentrate on at the time. Well that’s over now.

Even though I never got to my website, I set some goals this year with my running and I’m happy to say that I’ve already surpassed them! I couldn’t believe when I looked back in my running logs and had’nt run a marathon since 2004. Could it have been that long?

Next step… my husband, Dave and I signed up for the Vancouver Marathon 2008 on Christmas Eve 2007. On Boxing Day, my husband was in an ambulance on his way to the hospital with (what we found out later) a bulging or herniated disk.

After 3 weeks off work, 5 doctors, CAT scan, MRI and then physio, he was back running. He didn’t do anything stupid and started out very slowly, but still had the Vancouver Marathon in site. As it turned out, and something that we actually knew, was that Dave is extremely unflexible. And as we age, we lose even more flexibility. That is, unless we work at it.

So, Dave started (and is still doing it) an extremely aggressive stretching program. In the beginning, it was at least 3 times a day of stretches that the Physiotherapist provided for him. Dave joined my marathon training program sometime in February for the May 4th marathon. On the longer runs, I would go for a pre-run and then loop back home and pick him up. My pre-runs got shorter and shorter and our last long run happened when we were in Orlando, Florida and Dave completed the entire run with me.

On May 4th, Dave completed the Vancouver International Marathon. Maybe not in record time, but he finished running (not walking) and feeling great and uninjured.

I started off this post by saying that I had surpassed my running goals for 2008. I’ve told you an inspirational story, but you may be asking what did that have to do with my goals? Well, Dave felt so good about his road back to health and completing the marathon that 2 weeks later, he signed us up for the Victoria Marathon on October 12, 2008. He was truly an inspiration to me, how could I say no?

The training never ends!!!

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