Each new member of Team in Training is assigned a mentor to help guide and motivate you to the finish line. Mentors have run a marathon before with TnT, and they know what it takes. Last week at our first Team in Training workout, I was introduced to my mentor, Carlos de la Feunte. For Carlos, the pain of running a marathon is trivial. Here is the short version of his story in his own words:
“I was introduced to Team in Training in 2006 one year after losing my precious 28 years old daughter Michele to Lymphoma. At the anniversary of Michele’s passing I was still trying to come to grips or make sense of a senseless lost? My heart was broken, but I had the wonderful strong spirit of my beloved Michele that kept me grounded. Michele was the strongest, bravest fighter I had ever met, and I knew that I had to make her proud and help find a way to help other families and patients of blood diseases to find a cure in our lifetime.”
I need no further motivation.
Originally published on my Team In Training fundraising page in 2011. Archived here from a saved webarchive file.
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