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April is National Cancer Control Month. It is dedicated to the men, women and children who have lost their lives to cancer, recognize. It is to support those Americans who are engaged in daily clinical and long-term research medicine for new and novel ways to battle cancer, and recommit the nation to progress further in the effective control of cancer.

Recently I was left in charge of my granddaughters – 5 1/2-year-old Gracie and 4-year-old Emily – for several hours  while my daughter and son-in-law ran a half marathon in Santa Cruz. (Yes, I know. The only explanation is that they gave me the wrong baby at the hospital; no way did I give birth to an actual marathon person).

Along Came Polly

You decide to take up running. And it’s hard, but you have made a commitment, so you keep running because you are determined to become active and make a change in your life. And after a few days, weeks, two, three months, it gets a little easier, so you keep running. And, eventually, it becomes a habit, and most of the time, at least, you look forward to going out on your run. And now you are faster and you can run farther than you did when you started, and you’re feeling pretty good about yourself. So you think about taking up a challenge: a 5K or 10K race; a half marathon, marathon, trail race, ultramarathon; whatever.

My dog, Ruckus, was appropriately named. In the 10 years we have