Eight miles this morning. Easy peasy :)  Well, not easy, but it was a good run!  Sunni and I headed out at 6 a.m. (UGH!) but it was still cool and it is always a good feeling to get a long run done early and have the whole day still ahead to enjoy.

I was really nervous about this run. After a bad long run last weekend and a bad run Friday, I was afraid of something hurting. But all was good!!

I had an interesting cyber encounter a couple of weeks ago. I got some very cool water bottles in the mail--as promised by this stranger, who has a CF connection.

I had been searching for a "dual" water bottle. Something I could put both water and Gatorade in. I'd never seen one, but I figured one MUST exist out there somewhere. I came across the SWIGZ dual hydration system. Exactly what I'd pictured in my head. Even found a couple reviews on a women's fitness magazine site. But when I clicked on the "order" button, it took me to an expired page. So I sent and email to the "contact us" address.

I little while later, I received a response. Unfortunately they were no longer selling the bottles. However, they had some extra stock and if I would send my address, he would be happy to send me one free of charge.

I debated whether it was a good idea to send my address. So I followed some of the links that were in this guy's signature. Chip Yates is a Guinness World Record holder for the fastest electric motorcycle. He is also the founder and CEO of Flight of the Century, which has something to do with all-electric air crafts. Pretty cool! I figured it was safe to send my address.

As you may know, the signature in my email is information about my CFF fundraising. Turns out, this guy's sister-in-law had CF, so seeing that I was fundraising for CF, he told me a little about her. Courtney Allison Yates was his brother's wife. She had a double lung transplant and then finished her degree, got married, and had a baby before she passed away at just 28 years old.

My heart breaks thinking of that little boy or girl growing up without his or her mom. It's not fair.

This is why I am running. Why I was up before 5 a.m. on a Sunday morning. Because I want to do everything I can to not have any more families grieving over a loved one lost to CF. Because I want to help find a cure for everyone who is living with CF--especially my "little friend Dean" (as my great-aunt put it in her sweet note that accompanied her donation :) )

http://www.cff.org/LWC/CandyJohnson