Here we go!

A Page from Kristie’s Journal

11:26 pm. Thursday May 10, 2007

Well I did it. I finally stopped preparing for something and just did it. I got up, got dressed and out the door to run. Yes that’s right, to run; anyone who knows me knows I would rather get wet in a down pour than run from the car to the store. What’s a little water anyway? I’ll dry. Well I’m not quite sure what to call it, peer pressure, or call it a lapse in judgment. Whatever it was, I, Kristie Nowicke signed up for a marathon. That’s right a full 26.2 mile marathon. Oh sure, I got to the meeting thinking that we were going to walk the whole thing only to find out that’s not an option. And there was no way we, even I, wanted to walk just a half marathon. So I signed up to RUN a full marathon. We walked away from the meeting talking about how we could still walk it and finish under the 6 hour limit. I have to say I was scared to death. What did I just do? WHAT did I just do? No really, what did I do? I think I was more scared walking out of that meeting than I was on my wedding day. Sure I could just walk away and never look back, just forget the whole thing happened. No one would think twice right? Wrong, I would. I would know that here’s another thing I say I’m going to do or even start and I’m never able to finish. So with the help of my conscious and my husband I was able to walk out the door tonight and go for my first run. I may not have run the whole time, but even that I was on myself about doing. I’m going to run/walk a 26.2 marathon this October 21st.
As I run to prove that I can do this, I’m also helping someone else finish their race. Whether it’s a researcher, a doctor, or a patient, I’m raising funds to help the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. In the end I know how scared I am about running, but if it helps just one person fulfill the dream of being able to cure, help, or even just sleep in their own bed, that it will be worth the full 26.2 miles. So as I sit here typing the letter I ask you to help, help to kick me out the door everyday and raise the funds needed to help others. I plan on telling every person I come across about my quest so that there is no way I can just walk away and never look back. But I want to take the steps in the right direction and keep on running.