NYC Triathlon - MS Society

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!

December 1st

Hello my five followers & my newest follower from Bahrain!   How cool is that?  I really like that Blogger lists statistics & that I can find out where my audience lives!  I looked up the weather in Bahrain today - 72 degrees. Aaahhh that's nice.  It was 38 when I left for work this morning.  I am sure it warmed up a bit, but today was the first day I pulled out a winter coat.  Boo winter!  Bring back summer.

I am anxiously waiting to hear if I got selected for the MS team for the NYC triathlon.  I really hope that I do.  I think that I should find out this week.  Pick me!  Pick me!  I wonder how many people sign up for the charity slots?  I think I did a pretty good job filling out the application & letting them know why I want to be picked for the team.  I'm not just someone that didn't get picked for the lottery, I have a close friend with MS & I really want to raise money to find a cure.  But if I don't get picked, I will find another race & still figure out a way to raise money for the MS society.

In other news, I haven't really been working out & it is beginning to show!  I have to come up with a good plan & race schedule for 2012.  Not that I am some huge athlete, but picking out races has become something I look forward to doing this time of year.  & eating Christmas cookies, and eggnog & all the fun holiday treats!

I can't believe that it is already December 1st.  2011 has flown by.  I'm excited to see what 2012 will bring!  Hope you will continue to follow me!