We went, we walked, we witnessed!

First, thanks to all who donated to our walk today! Kennedy and I raised $200 over and above our registration fees, which was our goal! Mark and Danny decided to join us, so we walked as a whole family, which was very cool. Our friends Maria and JoAnna walked with us as well. The other family who was there together was Meredith, Marshall, and Katie Mac -- Meredith is our friend who is fighting breast cancer. There were other team members there, but they were all individual team members. So, it was a family event for us, and the heat stayed away until we were done, so we didn't pass out! Both Danny and Kennedy walked without a single complaint. Danny even told us over lunch that he wants to keep his race number as a souvenir and that he really enjoyed himself. It was the most animated I've seen him since he got here last Saturday -- maybe there's hope for him yet! :)

I have been to a couple other 5K races before, once as a participant and a couple times as a volunteer. I have NEVER before seen the number of people at a race that participated in the event today. They are estimating that over 23,000 people either walked or ran in the event, and that didn't include the vendors, volunteers, and observers. It was wall-to-wall people during the walk, and close to that at the finish line with all the tents with breast cancer information, massage therapists, and food. All-in-all, it was an amazing morning! We had to take a bus to the event from the parking, which was 5-6 miles away, so after we got back to our car we raced home, took showers, and went to lunch at Home Grown. needless to say, we are tired and our feet are sore, but we had a great time and it felt good to do something constructive to support a friend that way!