Saturday, February 29th - 51 Days To Marathon Monday
Temp at Start of Run: -4 degrees
Distance: 14 miles
Amount Raised: $5,255
Today was ridiculously cold. -4 degrees as I was getting ready to head out. All I could think of when I was starting out was that it was raw. Totally raw, so raw it hurts everywhere and you can feel the cold in places you didn't know existed. Contrary to popular belief, your lungs won't actually freeze in this type of weather, although it feels like they could. Yesterday (Friday) was warm enough so there was some snow melt, but today it's so frozen that all the melt has turned into an ice rink which made the first part of the run interesting. Ran 5 miles up heartbreak hill and met the Dana-Farber team at Boston College. It makes all the difference to run with a group. That first 5 miles was really tough, but once I was running with the team it felt like the miles flew by and before I knew it I had run 14 miles. The inspiring volunteers make all the difference too- they've all lost loved ones and they want to do something good for the world. They've lost kids, moms, dads, friends. And yet here they are helping out, with smiles on their faces, in honor and memory of those who were taken by this horrible disease. Running in -4 weather is hard, it's really hard. But it is seriously nothing compared to what cancer does. Cancer sucks. So I run on.
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