Something that motivates me to stay fit and challenge my body is the history of cancer, diabetes, high blood pressure and cholesterol in my family. What motivates you?

This year, on January 9, 2011, I plan to complete the Walt Disney World Marathon in honor of my beautiful “Granny Lee”.

Whenever someone would mention this great athelete’s name, my heart would do back flips and cartwheels. Marion Jones was (and still is) an athlete I looked up to the most when I ran track through out middle school and high school.