• Thank you


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    HUGE thank you to my sweet hubby who coached me Couch To Marathon.

    Another HUGE thank you to the team of doctors who fixed me up so carefully. It was a tough case and they took such great care of me.

    Recovery was long and difficult, but having a goal to keep focused on helped!!

    Thanks for your support!!

  • This is for you, Lynn


    Lynn 2Dear Mom II,

    Today, two years ago, you died. Finally went home to be with your heavenly father. Time has gone on since that day, though you were rarely far from thought. With every book I published, every award nomination, every sale made, you were remembered.

    You taught me strength. Passion. Determination. Not only from what you told me, but what you showed me. You were faithful throughout your struggle through treatment, right up until your death.

    Such a strong testimony.

    Saturday is my first ever marathon. I’m scared and excited all at once. Your name will be on my shoe, as with any endurance event I participate in to raise money for cancer. So you’re with me every step! Just like you are with every book I publish.

    Love and miss you, Mom II.

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  • #CancerSucks Update


    Hey gang. It’s about that time again….#CancerSucks update.

    As you know a portion of all my sales benefit the American Cancer Society. Cancer hit my family hard and fast over the last two years, and I thank you for all the support you’ve shown.

    This update has both good and not so good news, so I ask you for your prayers.

    My Mum had another CLEAR blood scan this past week. This mountain climber and marathoner was reduced to a wheel chair at one point during her spinal surgery to remove her cancer. She’s back to walking just fine and had another clear blood scan. Next PET scan isn’t until January, so we’re praying for continued clear scans.

    My friend Sandy had another scan and a spot was detected, so now we’re in the waiting game again to find out what’s next. It was sad to hear this after she’d had good news the last one.

    My friend’s mother passed away a couple weeks ago. She’d only been diagnosed a month earlier. It happened so fast. My heart aches for the family.

    My dear friend, Frank, is still struggling through his chemo and radiation. Keep him in your thoughts as we continue to pray for healing for his brain tumor.

    CancerSucksNamesI’m running a race next week, and I’ve dedicated the race and my training to Lynn (my mother in law who passed away two years ago from cancer), Frank, Rachel and Linda. It’s the AZ Pain Train. CLICK HERE to get to the site.

    Spread the word, because you never know, it could be your dollar that helps find a cure. I’m ready to kick cancer’s butt. How ’bout you?

    If cancer is touching your life, feel free to leave a comment. I’ll add you to the cancer prayer wall I keep on my computer.

    Thanks for your support, my friends.

     

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  • This is for you, Penny


    We’re getting closer to the big race. Just over a couple of weeks, so it’s “taper-time.” This is the period of training that’s pretty difficult for me. It’s where I have to back off on the miles I’m logging. Rest up a little, while still doing some running, so I’m fresh and ready to bang out twenty-six miles.

    26.2 miles for YOU!

    This post is for my Mum. Technically she’s my step-mom, but she’s from England, so I like to say Mum. It’s just fun.

    She’s ran twenty marathons in her life. Climbed quite a few mountains, too. Kind of an adventurer, like my dad. So, when Penny experienced some strange pain after a short race, they checked it out and found a four-inch tumor in her spine. Surgery rendered her wheelchair/walker-bound.

    All through chemo and radiation, she worked with her physical therapists to get her mobility back. It was amazing to see her progress each step. Wheelchair to walker. Arm crutches. Canes. And of course hiking poles. She said those just worked better. But I know it’s because she was keeping her goal in sight…climbing mountains.

    I’m happy to say she’s kicking cancer’s butt. Bigtime.

    She walk/jogged the VERY race she discovered the odd “pain” in her back this past May 2013. And very recently, she climbed one of the trails she loves in Sedona, AZ.

    I tell ya, Mum is one tough chick. And through everything, sickness, pain, baldness, she held on to the one thing that gives her the most strength. Her faith in Jesus. Always seeking out his purpose in all of this.

    So, Penny (Mum) this 26.2 miles are for you!

    CLICK HERE to donate toward our #CancerSucks fundraiser. Any amount will help. And I hope you’ll spread the word.

    Thanks for your support.

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  • This is for you, Kendall


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    Hey, everyone. I’m back to highlight a dear friend who’s had cancer hit her life in a way I couldn’t imagine. Kendall Grey, a dear writing friend of mine, lost both her mom and her dad to cancer.

    Just over a year ago, her father received a diagnosis and within a few short months, he passed away.

    As I train for this endurance event and raise money, I hope you join the journey with me and help find a cure. CLICK HERE to donate.

    My journey to the October 26th marathon has been difficult with hours and hours of training, but NO WHERE NEAR what someone with cancer goes through. If they had the choice, I’m sure they’d rather be doing what I’m doing.

    So, I’m doing it for them.

    Even if you can’t donate, please spread the word. Let’s kick CANCER’s BUTT!

    26.2 miles for YOU!

    Thanks for your support,

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  • #CancerSucks-let’s do something about it


    Purple Cancer Sucks NamesHey, everyone. First, I want to say thank you for your support of my cancer cause. Every Lynn Rush book you buy and your friends buy a portion gets donated to the American Cancer Society.

    And now…we’re starting up the AZ Pain Train event.

    July of 2012 we biked across Iowa at the Ragbrai. Cycled over 400 miles in five days. It was brutal but amazing. AND, we raised over $3,000.00!

    Well, our next endurance event is the marathon! Yep. I’m training for my first marathon and while I’m able to be out there getting healthy, running, working toward a bucket list goal of mine I figured I could be raising money for cancer. My friends and family have been impacted by that nasty disease a lot over the past couple of years.

    I lost my mother in law, uncle and family of two close friends. And recently a dear writer friend of mine was diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumor. He’s struggling through chemo and radiation. So, again, I want to help. Somehow.

    We started an ACS donation page. Our goal is $2,620.00. Strange number? Well, a marathon is 26.2 miles, so we just added a zero! Will you come help? CLICK HERE to be directed to the page. ANY amount, no matter how large or small will help.

    Just think, one of the dollars we collect during this campaign has a chance to be the very dollar needed to fund something that leads to a cure! So, let’s do this!

    So spread the word!! Thanks for your support.

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