Lizzie

Hello guys!  I am so excited to be doing this!  Let me explain.  My amazing friend, Dani, randomly asked me to  agree to do a 'thing' she was doing as her partner.  Obviously I said 'sure!'  She then told me that I would have to go to San Diego for a few days, poor me.  She then said it would cost over $2,300!  Umm.... *crickets*  She then told me that she was doing the Susan G. Koman 3-Day for the Cure race.  It is a 60 mile race that takes place over three days.  Whoa.  I have always wanted to do something like this, but have never gone through with it. I have never raised the money or even signed up.  I figured that this would be a great opportunity to show my support and accomplish a few huge goals I have of my own.

Goal # One: Actually DO something.
This is very important to me.  I care so much about this cause because it has affected my family very directly.  My grandmother is a survivor of breast cancer.  She is an extraordinary woman with an extraordinary story.  To make it accurate and real I am going to dictate her story in her own words in a later post.  I want her story to be her own.
 By doing this race, I can show her that I support her and the women who have been, will be and are in her shoes.  It also affects me deeply to think of all of those women who were taken by this disease.  I hurt for their struggle and defeat and I hurt for their families.  Breast Cancer scares the shit out of me.  Sorry for the language, but I have a sister and a mother, two grandmothers and countless friends.  Nieces, cousins, aunts... neighbors.  No one is exempt form the risks and the more energy we spend on beating this monster, the closer we will come to a cure.  In the meantime, research in prevention and treatment can and will soar.  I must contribute to this; something I believe so deeply in.

Goal #2: Get Healthier
I have spent the last 6 years researching nutrition and exercise and health.  I have become very passionate about over all health and have created a food blog documenting crazy healthy recipes and sharing information based on health and diet so hopefully I can help others while I learn and experiment.  I have spent so many of my young adult years studying this and just as many years being slightly overweight and completely unhappy with my body.  Self-conscious and unhappy.  The last few weeks I have been extremely motivated to lose weight and become the healthy girl I am on paper!  I have consistently lost weight now for two weeks!  Nervous.  I have done this before.  And I have always given myself too much leeway.  I was stewing on how to keep my motivation when Dani turned on the light.  What a fantastic way to stay motivated!?  I am going to train through the summer, get an amazing tan and amazing abs and race 60 freakin' miles, with my Bestie in CA for a cause that reaches straight to my soul.

Welcome to our journey.  Live. Love. Learn. Race.  Hell YEAH!