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THEIR KEEP-GOING SPIRIT.
>> MY NAME IS KRISTEN McQUEEN,
ANDY AM 27 YEARS OLD AND THIS IS
MY FOURTH LaSALLE BANK MARATHON.
BY THE END OF WENT 06, I WILL
HAVE HOPEFULLY COMPLETED 9
AND OH, YEAH.
I HAVE CANCER.
I WAS THREE WEEKS INTO TRAINING
FOR MY SECOND LaSALLE
BANK CHICAGO MARATHON AND
JUST KNEW IN MY GUT SOMETHING
WAS WRONG.
THE MINUTE MY DOCTOR FELT THE
LUMP ON THE SIDE OF MY IN THE
CASE, AND WHEN I SAW THE LOOK ON
HIS FACE I KNEW MY WORLD
WOULD BE TURNED UPSIDE DOWN.
I HAD TWO SURGERIES OVER THE
COURSE OF TRAINING AND A THIRD
1 A WEEK AFTER THE MARATHON
AND RUNNING HAS HELPED
ME THROUGH A LOT OF ROUGH
TIMES IN THE PAST COUPLE YEARS.
I DON'T WANT TO BE TOLD TO STOP.
EVEN IF I WAS, I PROBABLY
WOULDN'T.
CANCER IS SO BEYOND YOUR
CONTROL.
RUNNING IS A WAY TO SAY, STOP
IT.
I'M IN CONTROL FOR AN HOUR OR
TWO.
THIS IS WHAT WE'RE DOING.
AND IN EVERY MARATHON THAT I
RUN, I WEAR RIBBONS TO THE
BACK OF MY SHIRT.
RED ONES IN HONOR OF AND
WHITE ONES IN MEMORY OF.
THEY WEIGH MY SHIRT DOWN A
BIT BUT TO FEEL THEM FLAPPING
IN THE WIND WHILE RUNNING AND
ANY TOUGH SPOT GOING THROUGH I
PICTURE EACH PERSON WHOSE
NAME IS ON MY BACK GIVING ME A
SWIFT KICK IN THE BUTT TO KEEP
GOING.
I WILL BE NEEDING MORE TREATMENT
AFTER MY MARATHON.
AND THERE IS ALWAYS HARD MILES.
JUST GRIT THROUGH IT AND GET
TO THE FINISH LINE, AND ANYTHING
THAT COMES TO ME IN LIFE NOW, I
KIND OF PULL FROM THAT AND