My First Marathon

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0 height="100%"><tr> <td valign="top" width=200 BGCOLOR="#FFCC80" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="0018e8e3.jpg"> <div> <IMG SRC="01e774b0.gif" border=0 width="119" height="75" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="0206e6e0.jpg" border=0 width="110" height="110" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="0187e560.gif" border=0 width="126" height="86" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" BGCOLOR="#FF9900" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="00700c82dwnjbj.jpg"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B> </B></FONT><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#3366FF" FACE="Arial" > </FONT><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >               </FONT> <B>H</B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE=" "><U><B>o</B></U></A><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#CC0000" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE=" "><U><B>me</B></U></A></FONT></div> <div> <B><U><IMG SRC="01cd2190.jpg" border=0 width="210" height="281" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></B><B><U>       My First Marathon</U></B></div> <bR> <div> <B><U>Kona, Hawaii 2003</U></B></div> <div> <B>My first marathon for diabetes will always be very special to me for many reasons. One special reason was, I ran with my nephew Dan. I made up a special shirt with Ryan's name on it, and when we line up for the start of the race, I notice Dan had put Ryan's name on his shirt too. I will never forget the feeling of standing with Dan at the start of the race. We both ran that day in Ryan's memory. Thanks to the American Diabetes </B><B>Association for making it possible.</B><B> </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Dan and his sister Kelly have been diabetes advocates for quite a few years. Kelly's daughter Brook was born with diabetes. </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Dan and Kelly have raised thousands of dollars with every marathon they have ran. They have ran marathons as far away as London, England-- Rome, Italy and Dublin Ireland. </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>I'm very proud of them for all the long hour they spent in training for each marathon and for the extraordinary fund raising jobs they each did. </B></div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>