Dear friends,
Tonight marks our arrival at the $6000 mark…in under a month since launching this site. That is RIDICULOUS! And AWESOME! Speaking of awesome, I ran the longest ever in my life this past Saturday – 5 whole big-girl miles. HOLLER!
Seriously, running 5 miles (for me) is no joke. I have never run this far before, and it was a weird mix of total confidence and knee-throbbing despair. The saddest/weirdest part is the 2.5 mile marker where I turn around and head back is…the World Trade Center. Which is not only depressing…but a BIG HOLE. Literally. For those of you who don’t live in NYC or follow our stupid city politics, it is 5 years since 9-11 and there’s still no memorial because of a big fight about it amongst a bunch of asshole politicians. So instead of running by some peaceful, pretty place, I ran by a big construction site that gives way to a gaping hole in the sky. It’s utterly depressing and I think insulting to those who died there. But I guess I should rant about that on 9-11forever.com, and not on this here blog. Sorry.
So yeah – 5 miles! I have muscles I haven’t ever had before, and can eat ice cream without feeling bad about it. All in the name of fighting cancer! Tomorrow is my day off from training, and I am getting a facial and massage courtesy of some very nice friends. With all my new aches and pains, it will be that much sweeter.
Happy Tuesday to all and many thanks for all your emails, kind thoughts, funny conversations – and most importantly – GOSSIP!
- Kate
July 26, 2006 at 2:06 pm
$6K! Good job Katie!
August 4, 2006 at 6:05 pm
Kate, didn’t know you were doing this, it’s great. I hope to visit your “sassy, awesome, beautiful mom” this week. Good luck running in this hot, hot weather. Hydrate!