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Her Story:
Emily’s Race for Research

Posted September 25th, 2007 at 9:32 AM by Katie Drummond

Section: Running & Training, Motivation

running deet running shoes girl running stride The following post was submitted by Emily Fischer. Emily is blogging about her quest to finish her first marathon (Chicago), and her determination to raise money for the United Mitochondrial Disease Foundation (her pledge page can be found by clicking here.)

Emily’s race for research, and, ultimately a cure, was propelled by the death of her young cousin, Sam, from mitochondrial disease; Sammy’s older brother, Zach, continues to fight it everyday of his life. For the next few months, we will follow along with Emily as she discovers both the energetic highs and the crushing lows of running. Emily is a gifted writer and thinker from Wisconsin – this is her story.

My birthday was last week. I am now the seasoned and very well-adjusted age of twenty-eight. Training has rewarded me with body aches I feel I have yet to earn as I’ve only just entered the second quarter of the game. I guess there is no going back to the starting buzzer, and twenty-eight years isn’t exactly a minor amount of time. Maybe I need to stop being so hyperaware and pessimistic. Maybe I need to focus on the gift that is the ability to feel the life in my body. Maybe all of it…while remembering to breathe.

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