A Fun Run

After a long tiring week in California, I joined Rachel and the kids for the Cascades 10K in which we all did the fun run. It was fun but hot at 7.30 in the morning. All of the kids did great and we had a nice time walking home together. I plan on running again tomorrow and memorial day so I can work off some of the weight that I no doubt packed on in California, even though I ran pretty extensively.

A note on Luekemia:

What is leukemia?

Leukemia is the general term used to describe four different disease-types called:

* Acute Myelogenous Leukemia (AML)
* Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia (ALL)
* Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia (CML)
* Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL)



The terms lymphocytic or lymphoblastic indicate that the cancerous change takes place in a type of marrow cell that forms lymphocytes. The terms myelogenous or myeloid indicate that the cell change takes place in a type of marrow cell that normally goes on to form red cells, some types of white cells, and platelets.

Acute lymphocytic leukemia and acute myelogenous leukemia are each composed of blast cells, known as lymphoblasts or myeloblasts. Acute leukemias progress rapidly without treatment.

Chronic leukemias have few or no blast cells. Chronic lymphocytic leukemia and chronic myelogenous leukemia usually progress slowly compared to acute leukemias.

THANKS TO YOU AND OTHERS LIKE YOU, WE CAN WORK TOWARDS A CURE!



Total 2007 Training Weeks: 1
Total 2007 Training Miles: 14
Total Miles since beginning training in May last year: 745