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July 3, 2009
A Must Watch
I'm sure you've all heard of the Wassner twins, both professional triathletes and both very, very fast! You may also know about their involvement with TEAM FIGHT and the Ulman Cancer Fund for Young Adults. Laurel is a cancer survivor and I think her story is pretty awesome and inspiring.
Last year I think I raced at about 4 or 5 of the same races that the Wassners did - St. Anthony's, Columbia, Philly, NYC... And again this year I've seen them a few times. They race with such intensity but Laurel still always has a smile on her face! Anyway, I'm a big fan.
At Philly this year when Bec was given the mic for her victory speech, she mentioned the new Nike/LiveStrong ad campaign that was going to debut that night. So of course I had to go to the Nike website to check things out. I saw the Lance Armstrong ad on tv for the first time tonight. I swear those commercials always almost make me tear up.
But what you REALLY have to check out is this video. While you are on the site check out all the videos. I LOVE them. And I would be way too embarrassed to tell you how many times I've watched the video about the Wassners and Lance Mackey. :) (by the way, the video footage from the Wassner video is from Columbia!)
Cancer is such a devastating disease. And we are all touched by it in some way. Or we will be. I'm so inspired by the strength that cancer victims display day in and day out for a battle that I'm sure they didn't want to fight. Pretty darn amazing if you ask me.
Happy 4th everyone!
Posted by beth at July 3, 2009 7:00 PM
Comments
and...all of these videos make me cry!!!! they are all doing such great work!!
Posted by: Audrey at July 4, 2009 5:02 PM
Scott and I watched this video a couple nights ago. It was just awesome and truly inspiring.
Posted by: Rebecca at July 4, 2009 5:05 PM
Great stuff Beth. Thank you for sharing.
Posted by: Angelina at July 6, 2009 6:38 AM
Awesome!
Posted by: Charisa at July 6, 2009 3:20 PM