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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Cancer / April 2005OT? - life after cancer - personal accomplishments
I ran my first 5k race this weekend. I have said for years that I one day wanted to participate in a 5k race, but never actually did anything about it. I also wanted to run a 10k, and the same thing happened - nothing. Then came the cancer..... .....and after I felt better again - I started to live healthier and joined team in training. I entered my first 5k race this weekend - ran the whole thing without walking any of it - and finished it. And unless I get injured, I will participate in an olympic distance triathlon in May and I will participate in a 10k in July. After that, the sky's the limit. Who knows, maybe I'll be able to tell you one day that I finished an Ironman..... Life is good :-) Elsie > I ran my first 5k race this weekend. I have said for years that I one > day wanted to participate in a 5k race, but never actually did anything [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > > Elsie Congratulations Elsie - well done on you! Warm Hugs Alayne > I ran my first 5k race this weekend. I have said for years that I one > day wanted to participate in a 5k race, but never actually did anything [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > > Life is good :-) Way to go ! Elsie. Proud of you. Hugs to you and the girls. J > I ran my first 5k race this weekend. I have said for years that I one > day wanted to participate in a 5k race, but never actually did anything [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > > Life is good :-) Elsie, busy running? Hugs to you, J Yup, very busy with running, fundraising for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, working, taking classes (finals is almost here), getting ready for a play in my theatre class at the end of this month and last but not least getting ready to leave my current job ion about a month or so.... There are days when I don't know how I'm going to get everything done I need to do. But it's all good. I entered my first sprint triathlon yesterday (400 yard swim, 15 mile bike ride, 5 k run). The weather was cold, wet and miserable. I almost convinced myself not to do it due to the weather conditions, but I did it anyway - and finished it. Yup, life is still good ;-) Elsie > Yup, very busy with running, fundraising for the Leukemia and Lymphoma > Society, working, taking classes (finals is almost here), getting ready [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > Elsie Good on ya. I'm still having trouble walking more than a few hundred meters, but straight after my op the oncologist put me on steroids. The first thing I said to him was .. Well there goes my chance of making the next Olympics. Tongue in cheek of course, as I have never been that good at sports, bar sprints at primary school (grade school). But I do intend to get back to running as soon as I can ditch this walking stick. You're an inspiration Elsie. Keep it up and maybe we'll see you in the Hawaii ironman some day. Rob Thanks, Rob. I've actually never been good at sports, either. As of the beginning of this year, I could not run a mile... So there's hope for all of us. After I finish this Olympic distance Ironman in May I'd like to train for a Half Ironman. A full Ironman will take a whole lot more than either one of those, but - and don't tell anybody this - to tell you the truth, there is that little voice in the back of my head that thinks that I might one day be able to do the Full Ironman in Hawaii.... Now THAT would be an accomplishment :-) Elsie > [...] > > I entered my first sprint triathlon yesterday (400 yard swim, 15 mile [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > You're an inspiration Elsie. Well said ! > Keep it up and maybe we'll see you in the > Hawaii ironman some day. She's been posting here so long, that I'm betting that if she told us where, before hand, there's be a grand cheering team at each event.(if she wanted there to be). J |
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