davidmichaelmalloy

I'm a tall man with a young daughter who is going to be taller than most, if not all, of her peers. What did your father say to you to help you cope with your height as a young woman in a world where men are expected to be taller and more physically dominant?

First off, I want to thank you for doing this. My father was diagnosed with NSCLC last year and has recently taken a turn for the worse. The questions I have of you are really a reflection of fears/concerns/questions I have in dealing with my father's situation; so I hope you don't mind:

• When you're living with a terminal disease, what are the things you want to talk about with your family? (It feels almost trivial or awkward to talk to my father about the weather or what we're doing on a particular weekend, but I don't want to keep asking "how are you feeling today?")

• How can those around you avoid a situation where their final memories of you are shrouded in pain and suffering?

Thank you, very much.

Joe/Tony - is it part of your strategy to make this race more challenging each year? By the way, I absolutely LOVED the "mental" obstacle from last year's Sprint in Tuxedo, NY. It was a great change of pace and had many of us singing songs with our "code."