Woo hoo! I got the email today! I was accepted for the MS Society's team for the 2012 NYC Triathlon. It’s a charity spot & I am psyched! Originally, I had entered the lottery, but I wasn’t selected & I was ok with that. I really should have signed up for the MS team in the first place & avoided the lottery altogether. As some of you may know, one of my closest friends was diagnosed with MS this year. Since then, we have been running, biking & now swimming to help find a cure. & in February I will (hopefully) be climbing to the top of Rockefeller Center to help raise money in the fight against MS.
I know a few people with MS. My mom’s cousin, a coworker’s mom, a sorority sister’s mother & now my friend. Did you know that there are only 6 drugs that help treat MS symptoms? 6! Wouldn’t you think there would be 60? Well, I only found out this past May that 20 years ago, there were no drugs to help treat MS. Notice I say treat, not cure? Right now there is no cure for MS. There are so many things that researchers do not know about MS, like where it comes from or how you get it. Crazy, right?
Hopefully all this running & biking will help fund research & prevention of this disease. For now all we can hope for is that the drugs that are out on the market now help slow the progression of this awful disease.
I hope you stick with me while I start training for this great race. July 8, 2012. Only 217 days!
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