I am in awe with this lady and she knows it ;-). We had once one of our long chats in the Al Fair (local supermarket in Oman) about sports. She was training for a triathlon and told me that she didn't really like it. Don't get me wrong, she does like her sports, but not so much the compition, the training together etc. And I can so relate to that. I love my running. I run my 6 K nearly every day or every other day (at least that was in Oman now in Moscow it is a whole other story ;-). But I never liked so much to train with someone else. I like to do it on my own. And so does Tina.
And in the end she didn't do the triatlon. Her father got sick. Pancreatic cancer. Again, I could relate to that. My dad had cancer several times (Non-hodgkin). He was given up by the docters, but for some reason or the other made it through. And I am still so very thankful for that. And there my feeling to relate stopped. Her father died.
So when she told me she was training for a Iron man 70.3:
On March 18th 2012 I shall attempt to swim, 1.9km, cycle 90km and run a Half Marathon in an Ironman 70.3 Triathlon in Singapore to raise funds for this cause. This is the only thing I can now do for my Dad. I cannot let him die without doing something for this terrible disease. Please pray that I cross the line on March 18th!!!
to raise money for research. I felt So So proud of her. Here is a woman, a daddy's girl like me, who wants to DO something about it. And if you know me, I always feel that if you want to make a difference you have to DO something. So here is a woman who doesn't particular like competition but decides to enroll in a iron man. Not just another triathlon but an Iron man!
Her goal is to raise (at least) 2000 pounds:
Or in her words:
So please go to her website and donate... I just did...
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