
Participating this year is more personal for me than in years past - in the last 6 months, two dear friends of mine have lost loved ones to breast cancer, one a shockingly quick year after diagnosis, the other after a valiant ten year battle.
Mom continues to lead the team with her energy, her endurance and her positive attitude despite alternating unseasonable heat and chilly rain, the killer hills and her hatred of Gatorade. And this year she is retired, she has even more time to train! But I will not be outwalked by my 68-year-old mom, let the training begin!