That is amazing and inspriational!  Isn't it cool to hit a big FUNd-raising target without the rich friend?  My first even was also the Midnight Sun Marathon in 2005.  I was just past 3 years starting chemo (Hod. Lym.) and that felt wonderful enough.  I can't imagine after only a year.  Crossing that finish line at 26.2 was probably the proudest moment in my life.  God bless you and thanks for sharing!

Eric, I am touched that this left such a good remembrance. Remind me to give you a hug next time I see you, better yet maybe I can give it to your lovely wife to pass on. Kati dreamed of there being a cure one day, and because of people like you I am confident when I say, "The Dream lives in those she touched".