Running?
What is this madness?!
But seriously, she is something to be saluted. Turning something she loves to do into a help for others is amazing.
This is one of those things i wish i could do, and not only on a physical level, but how selfless she is. That's an amazing goal she has set for herself and she is an amazing woman!
Could You Run a Marathon a Week? (One Woman Is Doing It For Cancer Research)
SodaHead Sports
2012/06/25 19:00:00
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Julie Weiss knows all too well how terrible and deadly cancer is. While she was never diagnosed with cancer, her father was. Tragically, it was pancreatic cancer that ended his life. Now the Santa Monica, California resident is making the ultimate pledge: run 52 marathons in 52 weeks. Why, you ask? To raise money for cancer research.
How does running fit in this story in the first place? Weiss' father passed away just one week before she qualified for the prestigious Boston Marathon. Yes, Weiss realizes 52 weeks equates to one whole calendar year. Yes, we're sure she also knows how hard on the body one marathon can be -- let alone 52. However, from the sound of things, there's definitely no stopping her from her goals.
Weiss, who is a member of the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network's TEAMHOPE, told KSDK.com "My goal is a million dollars....When people tell me I'm crazy or nuts, it means I'm on the right track and doing something good." So far, Weiss' official website marathongoddess.com has already raised over $100,000 towards her lofty and incredibly inspirational goal.
How does running fit in this story in the first place? Weiss' father passed away just one week before she qualified for the prestigious Boston Marathon. Yes, Weiss realizes 52 weeks equates to one whole calendar year. Yes, we're sure she also knows how hard on the body one marathon can be -- let alone 52. However, from the sound of things, there's definitely no stopping her from her goals.
Weiss, who is a member of the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network's TEAMHOPE, told KSDK.com "My goal is a million dollars....When people tell me I'm crazy or nuts, it means I'm on the right track and doing something good." So far, Weiss' official website marathongoddess.com has already raised over $100,000 towards her lofty and incredibly inspirational goal.
Top Opinion
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Catgirl 2012/06/26 11:55:30
without the cause there is no cure! we live in a society of toxic waste and poison! in our food in our clouds, and what we drink! food GMO's, pop, junk food, vaccines (mercury), fluoride, in water! fructose, apsertaim, cigarrettes! chemtrails (don't bother saying its not real, the government said they do it! and its called geoengineering)(not to mention that chemtrails are even in the guinness world records book)
list goes on! back in the day when food was real, and "scientists" did not hav the means to poison us, we lived much healthier lives!
I would try if I could.