I've been a bad blogger; a long fall became a hectic winter, spring breezed past and now fourth of July is just a few days away.
Of course, for me, summertime has become synonymous with "training"---waking up early on weekend mornings to take on the Hudson and training in the pool every Tuesday night. The good news is, it's barely July and I feel ready. After two summers of trainings and two heartbreaking, last-minute cancellations of the three mile swim from Nyack to Sleepy Hollow, I am beyond ready to make it across the mighty Hudson. My body is mostly in agreement and cooperating so far, but the mind has made the decision and there is no turning back.
Since this is my third and probably final year (the construction on the Tappan Zee may make this event impossible for a while) I've set a pretty high fundraising goal for myself, $3,000-a $1000 for each mile between Nyack and Sleepy Hollow. If you can help me meet this goal with a small donation, I would be much obliged. Secure pledges can be made online at http://pages.teamintraining.org/wch/Hudson13/emmystrange
Over the past two summers, I have had the great pleasure of getting to meet hundreds of people whose lives have been touched by blood cancers and together we've worked to raise money to find new and innovative ways to treat these horrible cancers. I encourage you to watch the attached video to see how researchers have harnessed the HIV virus to fight blood cancer, it is, in a word Amazing http://vimeo.com/54668275
Thank you for reading, I promise to be a better blogger going forward :)
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