Successful Fall 2012 Season!

Happy to report a successful Fall 2012 season of healthy endurance events. Also proud to report over $5000 raised so far this year via TNT for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. There is one event - the Marine Corps Marathon 10K on November 28th, but at this point it's reasonable to assume completion of that one without problems. Less Marathon activity this year due to knee issues, but Dr. Branche did a nice job of refurbishing the original equipment so now other than minor arthritis pains all is working well.

In 2012 added distance cycling to my repertoire and completed a 40 mile ride near Moab, UT on 9/22 and the Seagull Metric Century (100 km or 62.5 miles) near Salisbury, MD on 10/6. Was asked how long I've been cycling, said "Over 50 years" and remembered getting my first new bike for 8th birthday in 1953. Followed cycle events with Half Marathon in San Francisco at the Nike Women's Marathon on 10/14.

Set a new Personal Record at Nike - slowest Half Marathon since I started doing them in 2005. NOT a complaint, only a statement of fact. Actually feel good about just being able to finish Nike after painful knee issues earlier in the year. Training will get the racewalk speed back, after all I'm only 67! We have a new Nike Women's Half Marathon coming to DC on April 28, 2013 and of course we'll be doing it with TNT. The Race Director is a friend and always puts on a good event so this will be a great way to show our friends from around the country some good news out of Washington.

Interesting year with a Noblesville High School 50th reunion for my class of 1962, and this weekend will be reunion of my Phi Delta Theta pledge class at Butler University. Some classmates are much less active, we have lost a few to Vietnam war and other causes, but several are still going and doing a lot of things. Lots of grandchildren pictures and stories at reunion. Don't know if any others are racewalking marathons but at least one NHS classmate (Mick Donoff) is doing lots of cycling.

Short post for now, all family are doing well. Miss my sister Fran, will be lots of conversation about her this weekend with Phi Delt friends and at wedding of Nick Wright. He's the son of my first cousin Mary Wright, and is being married in Carmel, IN. Will visit Mom at Crownland Cemetery on Saturday, maybe have a drink to catch up. Miss her too!

Will get some pictures linked but time to sign off now and get ready for flight to St. Louis.

Tom