Las Vegas Marathon or a Pittsburgh Hospital

This July I was in the hospital 3 times because of stomach problems and it just hit the point where I refuse to go back any more. Honestly if things got bad enough I would go back to the hospital, but that is how I feel right now. I need to make some changes and turn my health around again.

The first thing I realized was that I had stopped meditating, I notice when my mind is racing so much that I can’t meditate, I seem to also be more suseptable to getting sick. With the Fall and Winter coming I have to find some changes so I don’t end up back down to 98 pounds. I’ve worked hard to get back up to 120 pounds and I do not want to tell Dr Simon I’m back down to being a 98 pound weakling.

A couple of weeks ago I was looking at the Crohn’s and Colitis Foundations web site and noticed an event called The Rock and Roll Marathon in Las Vegas. It’s also called Team Challenge and is a 13.1 mile race to raise money to help find a cure for the disease I have. The date of the race was one year from the time I had my heart surgery, and it hit me that maybe the positive changes I need to make can be from training and helping to raise money for CCFA.

I didn’t want to do it alone so I asked my 13 year old daughter Lily if she would train and be in the Rock and Roll Marathon with me. Lily said yes and after our first week of training I can tell you she will be my inspiration to be running/walking in this half marathon. There is going to be people dressed like Elvis running, bands playing along the race course, people getting married while running in the race, and most of all there is going to be a Father and a Daughter proving to themselves that anything is possible.