Today there was bike training at a forest preserve. I really did not know what to expect as I haven't ridden a bike outside for the sole purpose of exercise... ever. I have gone to spinning classes, but they are very stationary and it is different. So I went in very aware of the fact that I was the rookie, but decided that these clinics are there for a reason so I might as well take advantage of them. My mind was surprisingly open to it all-- I really had no expectations of myself or others, I was there to figure out this biking thing and was genuinely enthusiastic about it. Weird!
I am grateful for TNT as it is a wonderful network of people who all have similar if not the exact same motivations: to raise money for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. Today before we started running, one of the group members gave a short "Mission Moment." What he said was very touching. This is not his first time with TNT, but in previous years he has done it to "do it, and do something good at the same time." That is where I feel like I am at. While the more I learn about the stories of people who have personally wrestled or watched a love one battle a blood cancer, the more passionate I become about the real reason I will take one more stroke, one more hill, one more mile to the finish line. Despite my growing enthusiasm, I still feel like an infant in it all, and that I am doing it to 'do it and do something good while doing it.' When todays speaker told us that he just learned on Wednesday that his grandmother has Leukemia, I was shocked! It felt like a giant hand GRASPED my trachea. It made me realize that no matter if I have conqured cancer myself or if I didn't know what cancer was, it can still strike me or my loved ones, or ANYBODY at anytime. That's such a scary thought! But, instead of running into my apartment and never coming out for fear of exposing myself to some cancer causing agent, I will run OUT of my apartment and start doing something to help researchers find a cure. I am grateful for these clinicls, as it seems if I ever have a slight hint of losing the smallest amount of focus, they bring me right back and remind me of the significance of raising this support and that it is no matter to be taken lightly.
I am grateful for TNT as it is a wonderful network of people who all have similar if not the exact same motivations: to raise money for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. Today before we started running, one of the group members gave a short "Mission Moment." What he said was very touching. This is not his first time with TNT, but in previous years he has done it to "do it, and do something good at the same time." That is where I feel like I am at. While the more I learn about the stories of people who have personally wrestled or watched a love one battle a blood cancer, the more passionate I become about the real reason I will take one more stroke, one more hill, one more mile to the finish line. Despite my growing enthusiasm, I still feel like an infant in it all, and that I am doing it to 'do it and do something good while doing it.' When todays speaker told us that he just learned on Wednesday that his grandmother has Leukemia, I was shocked! It felt like a giant hand GRASPED my trachea. It made me realize that no matter if I have conqured cancer myself or if I didn't know what cancer was, it can still strike me or my loved ones, or ANYBODY at anytime. That's such a scary thought! But, instead of running into my apartment and never coming out for fear of exposing myself to some cancer causing agent, I will run OUT of my apartment and start doing something to help researchers find a cure. I am grateful for these clinicls, as it seems if I ever have a slight hint of losing the smallest amount of focus, they bring me right back and remind me of the significance of raising this support and that it is no matter to be taken lightly.
I am very concerned, as getting doored has stuck with me. My left knee took all of the weight of my touchdown... and it hurts. It is hurting worse than yesterday and that is very concerning to me. Walking hurts. Biking today was okay once I got inot it, but if I shifted gears funny or stopped suddenly, or stood up to pedal, it hurt SO MUCH and I couldn't do it. So we'll see how that goes. I will give it another day, maybe two before I call somebody (who? I don't know, I don't have health insurance). But I am not encouraged and I cannot run on it right now and I am concerned about falling behind. Perhaps this is God's way of FORCING me to follow the training schedule!! just kidding-- I doubt that's the case. But I will keep my two readers posted. =)
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