The Running Backs

I AM A RUNNING BACK

I am one of a group of people who are running the LA Marathon in March 2011 to support our inspirational Michelle in her journey to improve her scoliosis by raising money towards her medical expenses.

To learn more about Michelle's journey, visit http://www.backfactor.blogspot.com/

We are also raising money to begin a scholarship fund for a young person to receive treatment from The Clear Institute in St Cloud, Minnesota, a revolutionary wholistic center that uses non-surgical chiropractic-based treatment to improve the lives of those living with scoliosis. To learn more about The Clear Institute, visit http://www.clear-institute.org/

To follow my journey to the finish line and to follow Michelle's journey to a healthier back, please follow this blog.

Thanks for the support, Rebel

Friday, November 12, 2010

A Dozen Runners, a Diva'thon Mix and $1000 plus

I am very excited to announce that we now have twelve runners in the Running Backs! I never really even considered that we would reach a dozen runners and I am absolutely delighted that runner number twelve is our great friend Lacy.

Michelle met Lacy in LA a year or so ago she was immediately struck by Lacy's sense of fun and joy, her infectious smile and amazing commitment to living an amazing life. When I met her, i fell in love with her in an instant.

When Lacy moved to New York a year ago, we were both sad to see her go and also really excited for her as she took on her new adventure. Having her on the team will be absolutely amazing and it is also a great way to get her to visit LA and see all of her friends who miss her.

This week, I was in New York for work and I got the chance to catch up with Lacy and she jumped at the chance to join the team and support Michelle....I always knew she would. She's just that kind'a girl. What was great is that she got to meet MG and now they can both train together in New York before flying over for the race.

In other exciting news, my greatest friend hamish (or DJ Hamish as he is known professionally) has made an hour-long Diva Marathon Mix for all of the Running Backs to listen to while we are training. Hamish has posted the note on his facebook page for everyone to listen to and download. Check it out at www.facebook.com/hamishb

I absolutely love the mix and am so touched by Hamish creating it for us. I am also very proud of Hamish for taking on his DJ career. After years of dreaming about it, he entered a competition last year in Sydney and won the right to play at Mardi Gras for thousands of people. He is so incredibly talented and pretty close to my favourite person in the world.

I love that as I am training to run my marathon in LA, I will be listening to Hamish's mix. Two people on opposite sides of the world connected by the tunes of Katy Perry!

Also, you may have noticed we have also raised more than $1000 (5% of our goal) already! This is partly due to my brother taking on this project as his own and some very very generous donations from around the world. Thank you so much to everyone for their donations. We both feel the support and are excited to reach our fundraising goal.

Please feel free to pass this blog and hamish's mix on to everyone you know and please donate what you can.

Tomorrow at training we run 12 miles - that's one third of the total goal.


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