"It's not so much how busy you are, but why you are busy. The bee is praised, the mosquito is swatted" ~Mary O'Connor
The past 24 hours have been filled with HOPE. Yesterday evening, Sassy and I headed to the Virginia Tech Drill Field for Relay for Life. We braved the wind and the cold to celebrate life with thousands of fellow Hokies.
While Sassy and I were walking around the track (trying desperately to stay warm) we ran into the Hokie Bird who LOVED little Miss Sassy! Sassy also thought the Hokie Bird was wonderful - I think she thought it was the biggest and best squeaky toy ever. She tried to chew his beak but only got a couple bites in before he noticed. Sassy and I stayed at Relay until around 9pm and then headed home so I could be bright-eyed and bushy-tailed for my next adventure of the weekend.
This morning I joined several ladies from work for the Inaugural Greater Roanoke Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure. Over 2,000 men, women and children attended this event and we raised over $260,000 for Susan G. Komen. What an amazing success - especially for the first year of this event - imagine what we can do next year!
One of my favorite parts of Race for the Cure was the Garden of Hope. Colorful, wooden flowers could be purchased in celebration of a loved one and they were placed in a garden together. I got 2 pretty pink tulips in celebration of my Mom and I'm excited to give her one to add to the flower beds.
This weekend has been wonderful. It is an amazing thing to be joined with thousands of people all gathered for the same purpose. I feel like my spirit has been renewed. Hopefully this feeling can keep me inspired during my continued 3-Day training and I'm already looking forward to my next event!
UPDATE for the cure:
Total Training Miles: 41
Total Sponsored Miles: 25 out of 60
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