this weekend, i took a group of STARS (opryland employees) to volunteer at the country music marathon. we served water to several thousand runners at mile marker 23. it was REALLY hard work. things i learned this weekend: (1) i need to workout. seriously, at one point i thought my heart was going to give out. and today i am 17 different kinds of sore. (2) there are some very selfless people in the world. i wish i had a picture, but there was a handicapped gentleman in a wheelchair whose brother was pushing...PUSHING him through the marathon. i started crying right there. i sat down on the asphalt and just cried. then there were the team-in-training folks. the ones that run to raise money for cancer. and they had ribbons tacked to their shirts...in memory of...in honor of... again, tears fell freely. i am so thankful that there are people in the world who will use the simple (though painful) act of running a marathon to raise money to cure this awful disease.
also: mixing sports drinks is gross. here's a shot of me and my boss. i work for the coolest company ever.
2 comments:
i'm pretty sure during a marthon is the only time i will drink sports drink mixed in a garbage can.
on behalf of all the runners...THANK YOU! for passing out much needs liquids!
Those shirts are fun. :) I like them. I also am now drooling cause I wish I had that ham and deviled eggs right now. :) 143!
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