I know a lot of you may wonder how I got going on this marathon kick, so here's the scoop. In one of my previous blogs you may have read about the Golf Tournament I helped organize for a friend of mine who was dealing with intestinal cancer. Right around that time, I got a little direct mail piece in the mail about this group through the Leukemia/Lymphoma Society that trained you to run marathons, 1/2 marathons, century rides and triathlons. So, out of curiosity, I filled out the form, mailed it back in and attended an informational meeting. After wiping the tears away and seeing what a great cause it benefited, I decided to go for it. Now, a couple hundred miles later, here I am, a little more than 60 days out from running my first marathon:) So, just to fill you in on the organization, here's how they got started:
Team In Training (TNT) began in 1988, when Bruce Cleland of Rye, NY formed a team that raised funds and trained to run the New York City Marathon in honor of Cleland's daughter Georgia, a leukemia survivor. 
The team of 38 runners raised $322,000 for the Society's Westchester/Hudson Valley Chapter. Because of the pioneering efforts of Cleland and the Westchester/Hudson Valley Chapter, Team In Training was born and has grown into the world's largest endurance sports training program. Cleland was honored by Runner's World magazine in 2004 as one of their "Heroes of Running" for his role in establishing TNT.
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