





o4/26/09: Sunday. Finally, adding pics, if I figure it out, again. I think I'm getting the gist of it... well, I think not, actually. I attempted cut/paste to arrange the pics in a different order. It is what it is (for now).
I haven't triked lately due to much needed rain. Actually, I think the last trike was last Sun (19th), when I participated in our town's annual Fitness event. There was a 5K run & a 1 mi walk. I registered as a walker, but triked the 5K course. I chatted w/ many walkers, runners, & runner/walkers. A 1st grader, named Alex, who I met at the starting line for the walkers, jogged alongside me for quite a distance. He was quite a chatterer - very friendly guy. His family followed, not too far behind, pushing Alex's younger brother in a stroller. One lady was wearing a light blue, long sleeved t-shirt w/ "Dashing through the snow" written on the back. It was from "yrs earlier"; I think that 5K was in IN in Feb. Makes sense that she dashed through the snow. A man who expressed great intrigue in my trike, as a possibility for his 70-something year old mother (I feel 70+ some days), was running the event b/c his employer pays entry fees for company wellness (Great Deal as fees can accumulate rapidly once you're addicted). Mike, or Sam, not recalling exactly what his name was - we never actually introduced ourselves until we'd finished talking about the trike and his running history. He's lost 500 # - not a typo: FIVE HUNDRED POUNDS. He's not focused on his weight so much now as his fitness. He was one of the runner/walkers I met.
I challenge you to get out there and participate in some charity run, bike, or walk this summer. You'll feel doubly good! If you cannot run, bike, or walk then invite someone to push you in a wheelchair. Get out; get moving; feel the air rushing around your face and into & out of your lungs.
~A~
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