I've been a runner for 37 years, including competitively on my college team. I bought my first pair of New Balance Shoes when I was a law student in Boston and used them when I ran the Boston Marathon in 1983! Since then I've happily been a wife, mother, attorney, community volunteer, and always a runner. My husband, Randy Hulet, a physics professor at Rice University, and I came to Houston in 1987 with our baby son Ben. Our daughter, Gabriella, was born in Houston in 1991. My cancer journey began in 1995, when I was diagnosed with very early stage breast cancer. I had a mastectomy of the left side and reconstruction. I thought I was done with cancer at that point. Unfortunately, in 1999 I was diagnosed with a recurrence on the left side and had further surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation followed by almost 9+ years of endocrine treatment. And just when I thought that breast cancer was completely behind me, this insidious disease darkened my doorstep again. In March of this year, I was diagnosed with a new primary cancer on the right side. I had surgery soon after and I am now undergoing chemotherapy which will be followed with radiation and additional treatment. I am also keenly aware that I am benefitting from some of the many advances that have been made in breast cancer diagnosis and treatment in the last 15 years. Many of these important advances have been funded in significant ways by Komen and the Races for the Cure that occur all over this country each year. During this same period I've had the great privilege of meeting and getting to know some truly awesome and dedicated breast cancer survivors, volunteers, and activists in this battle against breast cancer. I'm proud to say that I've run in the Komen Houston Race for the Cure every year since 1993 and had the great privilege of joining Komen Houston's Board of Directors in 2004 (serving until earlier this year). In 2007 I had the great joy of co-chairing the Komen Houston Race for the Cure. I've also been a pink ribbon volunteer at MD Anderson Cancer Center.

So the battle continues and I look forward to running many many more miles over many more years!