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My October Virtual Race for Breast Cancer

I apologize for the late bloggings!!  I have really no excuse other than I am new to this blogging thing and life has totally gotten away from me.  I have been so focused on increasing my mileage, endurance, and speed of running; working on building my muscles with the help of P90X; and trying to get my whole family to eat healthier (which is not easy with a stubborn Italian husband; 3 and 5-year-old), that I have neglected to share all of my struggles and triumphs with you!  My deepest apologies!   This is definitely one of my New Year's Resolutions!  I will be a better blogger Mom on the Run!!

So here's my post for my October Race.  On Sunday October 6, I ran a Virtual 10K for a Facebook Page that I like called Fight Like a Girl.  The proceeds for this race went to Breast Cancer Awareness which is near and dear to my heart.  One of my Mother's best friends since Kindergarten was diagnosed with breast cancer several years ago.  Her cancer has since moved from there to her bones and is now in her organs.  She is a fighter!  She was a colonel in the US Army and is one determined woman!  She has recently taken a turn for the worse and is currently in a hospice-type facility on a ventilator. She has good days and bad days, but continues to surprise us all by her determination to continue to be a survivor!  I thought of her along my 10K route through my beautiful neighborhood of Wisconsin.  I also thought of the many other women and families that are fighting with the "C" word.  I am grateful that no one in my close family has had to undergo treatment for cancer.  I thank God every day that my parents and in-laws are healthy, as well as my sister and her husband's family.  So during my run I was not only praying for those families of loved ones with cancer, but also praying to keep my family and others healthy!  

Here I am before starting out, sporting my pinkish shirt and my race bib!  (Yes, I raced through my neighborhood with a bib on!  I am not ashamed to show my support for a worthy cause!  Did I receive weird looks? Yes!  Who cares!  Let's stomp out breast cancer!!) 



So I'm out running, praying, and thinking and keeping a good pace.  I hadn't really been training that much for this race after running my half marathon, but I was hoping for a PR! I DID!!  I PR'D!!! I finished in 1 hour 4 minutes which is 3 minutes faster than my initial 10K back in August of 1 hour 7 minutes.  I even had several negative splits at miles 3, 4, and 6 which is a BIG deal for me as I always start out too fast during a race and struggle to maintain that pace throughout the race.  Just another thing that I have to work on if I plan to run marathons!!


Here I am with my AWESOME finishers medal!!!  I am TOTALLY addicted to race bling!!

Well folks!  Here's one post down only 2 more to go to catch everyone up on all my awesome races! 

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