NYC Marathon Participant, Laura Booke

todd.whitley@lls.org — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 16:55:40 GMT

Running for Cures with Team In Training

Laura Booke with her great niece, Louise

Laura Booke will be running her second ING New York City Marathon this Sunday at the age of 72, this time as a member of Team In Training (www.teamintraining.org). "There wasn't supposed to be a second," she says..."But then, my great niece, Louise Elizabeth Daggett, three years old, adorable, smart and lovable, was diagnosed with leukemia...Whatever could I possibly do to help her? Answer: I can run; I can run with The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s Team In Training program and raise money for the research that now gives Louise the possibility of a long healthy life."

Louise's family has received help from LLS through financial aid, counseling, information and support groups. "Louise is running the race for her life. I am running the race on the streets of New York. Together we will be winners. At the finish I will give Louise my medal. The victory is hers."