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Batten Disease Virtual Half Marathon

An other virtual race that I had signed up for early in the year was the Batten Disease Virtual Half Marathon.  According to the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, "Batten disease is a fatal, inherited disorder of the nervous system that typically begins in childhood. Early symptoms of this disorder usually appear between the ages of 5 and 10 years, when parents or physicians may notice a previously normal child has begun to develop vision problems or seizures. In some cases the early signs are subtle, taking the form of personality and behavior changes, slow learning, clumsiness, or stumbling. Over time, affected children suffer mental impairment, worsening seizures, and progressive loss of sight and motor skills. Eventually, children with Batten disease become blind, bedridden, and demented. Batten disease is often fatal by the late teens or twenties."

 I have seen pictures of several kids on Facebook who have this disease and how they are taken so soon from this worlds because of this horrible disease.  I felt compelled to at least sign up for a race to raise awareness and raise money for this cause. 

 After running a total distance of 13.1 miles in a week for Breast Cancer, I decided to do the same thing for this race.This week I managed to run 21 miles!!  I have not ran that many miles in quite some time!!  It feels really good to run this many miles!  I have finally found my running groove again and I am excited to run!! This is also the perfect weather to run in!  It was a bit cold this morning, 27 degrees when I woke up, so I waited until about 1:00 to run.  It warmed up to about 40 degrees and sunny so it was absolutely lovely. I was pretty cold to start, but warmed up after about a mile!!  This was such an awesome run!  I got in 4.5 miles today so my total reached 21 miles.  21 miles for Batten Disease this week!!  I exceeded my goal of just the 13.1 so I am super proud of myself!!  Not to mention that I needed to run off the Halloween candy I ate last night and today!!!  It wasn't that much, but I felt like I really needed to push myself!!  

It was such a beautiful day!!!  This is perfect fall running weather!!  So happy with my running today!!

This is my pretty cool medal!!  


I'm getting my mojo back and I am excited to run my next race which is the Frosty Rock Challenge 12K in Fort Atkinson!  It's a partial trail run which is interesting!  I'm not used to running trails, but I really liked this race the first time last year and can't wait to do it again!!  

Happy Fall Ya'll!!!  

Be Strong, You Never Know Who You Are Inspiring!!!

Run On!!


Laura 

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  1. AnonymousNovember 2, 2014 at 12:55 PM

    I am absolutely inspired by your commitment to running and look forward to your future posts.

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