Finish YOUR Race: Empower Your Life with Strategies from a Cancer Survivor - Hardcover

Don Armstrong is a professional motivational, inspirational speaker and author. His primary reason to write and speak is the result of his life-changing battle with blood cancer. A leukemia survivor who has become a -life thriver- since his healing and recovery, Don is a passionate advocate for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) and a member of the North Texas LLS Board of Trustees. He previously served as the Vice Chairman of Special Events for the North Texas Chapter of LLS and was a member of LLS's National Board of Representatives. He serves as Chairman of Team in Training's (TNT) North Texas League, Chairman of LLS's North Texas Mission Task Force and Chairman of North Texas Blood Cancer Conference and Expo. As a TNT participant, Don has completed 18 marathons in the U.S. and internationally to raise money for LLS. He received the Chairman Citation in recognition of his outstanding efforts and support of LLS in 2013. Don is a member of the American Cancer Society's Speaker Bureau, and speaks on behalf of Carter Blood Care at donor and employee functions. He received the 2010 Advocate of the Year Award for his outstanding commitment to the community blood supply. Don is a founding board member, president and race director for the Honored Hero Run. This annual event has donated over $140,000 to LLS since it began in 2009. In addition, Don is an agronomic consultant in the golf course industry. He was a founding partner of the Golf Resources Group, a golf course consulting firm. Prior to becoming a consultant he served as the golf course superintendent at the prestigious Colonial Country Club in Fort Worth, Texas, where he prepared the golf course for six PGA Tour events. Don holds a degree in Agronomy from Virginia Tech and lives in Fort Worth, Texas.

"Don Armstrong's Finish YOUR Race is a must read for anyone facing a life challenge. His story is powerful and motivating with practical advice that will empower you." - Lanny Bassham, Olympic Gold Medalist and author of With Winning in Mind "Don and I share an experience we would prefer no one else experience. Sadly, that is not how it will be for some. In Finish YOUR Race he has captured the elements of the race we were required to run. He takes a serious look at the life before the race, during the race and after the race is won. He guides you through the changes that come from being given a chance to live because someone else cared. I have never spoken with a bone marrow transplant survivor who was not now, having survived, more aware of their purpose in life. Don will take you through a portion of his life that lead him to his purpose." - Earl Young, Olympic Gold Medalist "At some point in our lives cancer will raise its ugly head and affect each and every one of us. A family member, a good friend or, heaven forbid, our own self will face a battle for our life. Cancer is a formidable foe. To have any chance of defeating the beast there must be a positive game plan. Don faced the diagnosis of AML head on and beat the odds with a positive, can do attitude. Everyone's battle will follow a different course, but having a role model like Don gives us all hope that the result of the battle can be a healthy outcome." - Tom Kite, Hall of Fame Golfer "I have known Don Armstrong for 30 years. He was one of my Founding Partners of Golf Resources (now Weibring Wolfard Golf Design) and is one of the top agronomic experts in the country. He has always approached his job with great dedication and passion. This book shows how he approached his challenge with cancer the same way. Don not only beat cancer but has dedicated his life to helping others do the same thing! I am so proud to be his friend!" - D.A. Weibring, Professional Golfer with 13 PGA / Champions Tour and Worldwide wins; Chairman of Weibring Wolfard Golf Design

-Don Armstrong's Finish YOUR Race is a must read for anyone facing a life challenge. His story is powerful and motivating with practical advice that will empower you.- - Lanny Bassham, Olympic Gold Medalist and author of With Winning in Mind -Don and I share an experience we would prefer no one else experience. Sadly, that is not how it will be for some. In Finish YOUR Race he has captured the elements of the race we were required to run. He takes a serious look at the life before the race, during the race and after the race is won. He guides you through the changes that come from being given a chance to live because someone else cared. I have never spoken with a bone marrow transplant survivor who was not now, having survived, more aware of their purpose in life. Don will take you through a portion of his life that lead him to his purpose.- - Earl Young, Olympic Gold Medalist -At some point in our lives cancer will raise its ugly head and affect each and every one of us. A family member, a good friend or, heaven forbid, our own self will face a battle for our life. Cancer is a formidable foe. To have any chance of defeating the beast there must be a positive game plan. Don faced the diagnosis of AML head on and beat the odds with a positive, can do attitude. Everyone's battle will follow a different course, but having a role model like Don gives us all hope that the result of the battle can be a healthy outcome.- - Tom Kite, Hall of Fame Golfer -I have known Don Armstrong for 30 years. He was one of my Founding Partners of Golf Resources (now Weibring Wolfard Golf Design) and is one of the top agronomic experts in the country. He has always approached his job with great dedication and passion. This book shows how he approached his challenge with cancer the same way. Don not only beat cancer but has dedicated his life to helping others do the same thing! I am so proud to be his friend!- - D.A. Weibring, Professional Golfer with 13 PGA / Champions Tour and Worldwide wins; Chairman of Weibring Wolfard Golf Design