I'm still resting the knee so I haven't run since Tuesday, unfortunately. But I'm going to try the team run tomorrow and get a brace tonight and see if that helps. I can still feel that place right below the inside of my knee. I don't know what the deal is. I'll probably go see a sports doc next week - just to make sure it's nothing, mostly to see if there is anything I can do so it doesn't affect my training long term. Thank god for insurance. If worse really comes to worse, which I don't really think it will, but if it does, I can always move to the walking team for this marathon. I'll do the marathon no matter what - either running like I planned, or with the walking team.

My Mom let me know that her office is donating a total of about $400 for donations. Wow!! I can't believe that. One of her co-workers has taken the lead in gathering the donations and has even mentioned other fund-raising she might do in the area - SE Oklahoma. I'm so appreciative of that - I'm going to have to do something really nice for her. When I get the donations, I'll add it to the total. That will be $1235 and my Mom also told me that one of my cousins let her know that she is donating $100 so that will be $1335. What a great start. Still a long way to go but I'm confident that I can keep this going - and I have other fundraising ideas to do. I think I can do this, thanks to the generosity and support of a lot of people who obviously believe in this cause as much as I do.

I'm definitely going to look into more things that I can do to support these efforts in addition to this marathon. I really feel compelled to help families with children that have cancer -it started mostly out of the helplessness I feel watching someone as brave and strong as little Anna. And then not knowing how in the world families deal with these types of things, especially when I think about my beautiful, precocious little girl and how blessed my family has been. The more stories I hear, the more I'm moved to help.