Welcome to my Team In Training home page!
I'm training to participate in the Steelhead 70.3 Ironman as a member of The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society's (LLS) Team In Training. All of us on Team In Training are raising funds to help stop leukemia, lymphoma, Hodgkin lymphoma and myeloma from taking more lives. I am completing this event in honor of all individuals who are battling blood cancers. Patients and their families are the real heroes on our team, and we need your support to cross the ultimate finish line - a cure!
Like many of you, my life has been touched by cancer. My career is focused on developing new drugs for the treatment of cancer but I have always wanted to do more, so I chose to join Team in Training. Over 75% of your donation to the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society go to research and patients services! Please help me to help even more patients and their families through your donation to support my participation in Team In Training and help advance LLS's mission.
I was a member of the 2009 Steelhead 70.3 Ironman Team in Training and it was an amazing experience! It was extremely hard work but after losing a friend to AML (leukemia) a few months before, I felt honored to do something meaningful to help others' with blood cancers and their families. One of my close friends lives every day with multiple myeloma. He always has a positive outlook and has more courage then I can imagine. The hardest day of training is nothing compared to cancer treatment!
I hope you will visit my web site often. Be sure to check back frequently to see my progress. Please also visit my Team in Training Steelhead 2011 Fundraising Website and support my goal of raising at least $4000 to support the mission of the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society!
Thanks for your support!
Hugs,
Sam
Oops! First blog post already an oops. Here is my fundraising website: http://pages.teamintraining.org/in/Steelhd11/samelemed
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