Every year, this day brings out so many emotions. It doesn't seem that many years ago that Lois had done this as her '1st' year as a Survivor. Little did we know that she wouldn't walk another one. I always think of her on this day and every year it brings goose bumps and tears to my eyes.
I also think of my grandmother "Chubby" (my Dads mom). She went so long with breast cancer and never told anyone. Breast cancer is probably the worst diagnosis for women. So many women are affected by this horrible disease every year. However, seeing the Survivors and seeing some of them battle through a reoccurance and every year, just make it one more year is totally amazing.
This year, Lauren was excited. We got up early and headed out, however when we got there, I knew we had gotten an earlier start last year, because we had to park further away.
We made a round through all the vendors and picked a spot to wait on Renee and Marianne! We always love looking at all the team shirts. I think we have decided to design our own 'ER' shirts next year!
Renee and Marianne showed up around the same time with the kids. The kids always make it fun! And since Renee's girls love me, they had to come!
And of course, you couldn't have a race without medical staff actually working. We passed some of my favorite paramedics on the way to the start line!
Lauren was giving me a hard time at 1 mile in, Renee was hanging in there. Last year, I was told I walked too fast. However the kids were able to keep up, but this year, even at Mile #2, Renee was hanging with me! Yeah!
Done, done and done! Right outside the entrance to Meredith College, we were done! Hot, sweaty but definately feeling good. And Lauren was still really excited to be a part. We did find out that the UNC/Rex Healthcare team was the biggest team out of 480 teams and over 25,000 participants!
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