This morning I left work and went right to a 5K to crush cancer. I was part of the America’s Best Defense team and walked to raise money for the For Kids’ Sake Foundation Inc. I knew that I’d not be running the event, I’d be walking it and that was okay, it was a nice 3 mile walk and I saw a bunch of people that I knew. Many people were walking or running and many more were behind the scenes volunteering or cheering people on
there were about 15 people on the ABD Team. We raised about $3500 for the charity. Quite a few of the people on the team were fellow newly ranked Black Belts.
When I started out I thought I was walking t a pretty good clip but so many people were ahead of me, It wasn’t until I chanced a look behind me to see that I was not, in fact, the last person on the course. But man, it feels like that sometimes.
At the top of Fuller Street I ran into my friend from high School, Marybeth. she and her daughter were working the first water station and I stopped for a little bit to chat with her. Along the route I also ran into some family friends and even more people including a woman who used to train with me in the mornings at ABD. I had been getting photos at every mile marker but I missed mile 3 because Iw as so into our conversation.
I came home and slept and then got up and the family went over to Capron Park for a food truck night. I did not venture too far outside my normal because I ended up getting the same thing I got the last time we went to the food trucks. I got the buffalo chicken fries from Friskies Fries. The kids went with me and also got fries and Allison went and got some specialty tacos. Unfortunately her line moved super slow and we did not get a full family photo while we ate. We got to listen to School of Rock perform at the event and they were very good. Andy has expressed interest in learning an instrument. I’d love to see them go there but they’re more interested in trombone for some reason.