The Race for the Cure

Floccinaucinihilipilification – the act of judging something as worthless. What does this have to do with the Race for the Cure? Nothing. Which makes it worthless in this blog, which means I have floccinaucinihilipilified. I think…

Sorry, not quite sure what the hell that’s all about, but you never know what to expect here right? So, moving right along… This was the first year I have run the Race for the Cure, and I will no doubt be running every year until I can’t run anymore. At that point, I will walk it, until I can no longer walk. For those of you not in the know, the race is a 5K run or walk presented by the Karmanos Cancer Institute to help raise money to fight breast cancer and is honor of Susan Komen. I proudly ran for my best friend, my mom, a survivor that runs the RFTC each year down in Florida . The first race was back in 1982, and since then, has grown to become the largest series of 5K runs/walks in the world, with over 100 Races in the U.S. and five international races. To date, over one BILLION dollars has been raised to help find a cure. It is a very powerful, very emotional event. I do not have the numbers for this year yet, but there were over 30,000 participants last year that raised over 2.3 million dollars, just for the Detroit race. That’s cool. This was my first race since October of ‘06 and what a fantastic race to do!! My time was 31:04, which is great (I would have been happy with 33:00) and I raised over $500! Thanks again to all of you that were able to help. Next year, my goal will be forming a team and personally raising $1500.