On the Run: Jenny Lowe

After learning that she had a torn meniscus, Jenny Lowe was prepared to postpone her first half marathon plans at Virginia Beach. Lowe had hoped to run the Rock ‘n’ Roll half marathon in honor of her daughter Kalyn who has NF, but because of the injury, her doctor encouraged her to table plans to try and postpone surgery.

Lowe even got a stand-in runner in her friend Robin Bobrick, but continued to raise more than $5,000 for the Foundation through the NF Endurance Team. However, after attending her first NF Endurance Team pasta dinner, Lowe knew she had to find a way to run. “Everyone stood up and told their stories; some of which ad lost their loved ones to NF and that just tore me up,” said Lowe. “It was so touching and moving and I knew I had to run.”

After borrowing running clothes and finding an extra singlet, Lowe ran on Sunday morning alongside Danny Rashkind, who, along with his daughter Mia, has NF. “I told Danny that if you get to a point that you want to run ahead, by all means — be he did not and we alternated running and walking,” said Lowe.

The tears came in the last 50 yards. Not because of the pain of her injury, but because of who she was running for — Mia and Kalyn and all those who have NF. “Danny grabbed my hand we ran in with his daughter,” said Lowe. “It was heartwarming, overwhelming and exciting — feeling like you are one step closer to the cure. WIthout the NF Endurance team I could not have done it — I had the heart and the will but they gave me the support I needed.”

Lowe is already looking forward to next year at Virginia Beach and hopes to raise even more money and awareness about NF through building a support group in Virginia. “I am so grateful for the NF Endurance Team — it is like a new little family to grow with.”

Georgia on My Mind

ING Georgia Marathon • March 21, 2010
*RACE DETAILS HERE*
NF Endurance Georgia Team website
*Make sure to sign up before Jan. 1, 2010 and you can beat the price increase. Don’t forget to type in the special team code.

Meet Karen Trommer ((Enable Javascript to see the email address))

Favorite race day tradition - This race is our annual tradition. We bring the whole family and get an extended family member to come down and route for us and watch the kids. We love to have our kids routing for us on the side line and it just wouldn’t be the same without seeing Kate’s smiling face. We get a hotel room, attend the pasta dinner and make a weekend out of it. It is my favorite weekend of the year!!!
What does endurance mean to you? “I will endure what I need to endure so that my child won’t need to endure”.
Running mantra: Cure NF!
What is playing on your iPod - Well…..I don’t actually have an ipod, I use my phone. Also haven’t uploaded music in a while…………last year was “Down with the Sickness”. This year I will be listening to Jeremy Camp’s “This Man” if I can ever figure out how to download onto my new phone!!
If your shoe laces could be any color… Well, I think I would love to have bright yellow shoe laces or just go for the gusto and get bright yellow sneakers like our teammate Chad Leathers

And Angie Hallmark ((Enable Javascript to see the email address))

Angie is involved with the team because of her best friend, Erin Earle. “Without a cure Erin will not have the opportunity to continue to be the beautiful person that she is,” says Angie. Erin has NF2.

Angie likes to say that she is “running for love.” Below is what that means to her…

It means that we run with greater purpose.

It means that when we are tired, sore or busy…we run anyway.

It means that we run because we will not be helpless in Erin’s fight to survive this crippling disease.

It means that we will stand-up to those ticking time bombs in her body called tumors.

It means that we will not stop running until a cure is found, because Erin can not wait for a cure, we need a cure NOW.

We run for Erin, We run for all of those suffering with NF, We run for love, We run because finding a cure for NF is the only option!

Weekend Pacesetter (December 11-13)

Steve Kendra and Bob Skold at the 2007 P.F. Chang's Phoenix Rock 'n' Roll Marathon.

TUCSON
Fast, Flat and Fabulous. On Sunday, Dec. 13th, Steve Kendra and Bob Skold will join six other NF Endurance runners in Tucson, Ariz. for the Tucson Marathon and Half Marathon. It’s a Boston qualifier, but the best part might just be the weather, with race day temperatures usually reaching 65-70 degrees by 11:00 a.m.

SHOP
Check off the runner on your holiday shopping list with these ideas from Runner’s World’s Holiday Gift Guide.

COMPETE
The NF Endurance Team will have it’s first ever Holiday Challenge. Click here for more details, but the scoop is that the participant with the top fundraising totals gets a customized Endurance fleece. And, if you are stumped for last a minute gift, why not make a donation in honor of your loved one?