It rained…volunteers showed up to work at 5 am…
It rained …all our sponsors/vendors arrived to set up.
It rained …Adam Rivers from iHeart, the voice of our 5K, arrived.
It rained …runners, walkers and spectators assembled.
It rained…the honor guard marched to the start line.
It rained…Shay Marie Neary sang the National Anthem so beautifully her voice reaching the heavens…and then it STOPPED raining!!!
Although the weather forecast told a different story all the way through 1 o’clock in the afternoon, with the start of the race came a stoppage of the rain, as if our loved ones who had fought the fight spread their wings and formed a canopy over us.
The strength, fight and determination our breast cancer survivors embody, challenges all of us to do the same in the FIGHT… to NOT QUIT!!
On Saturday, October 1, 2022, NO ONE quit!
For many, the choice to stay home, because of the rain, was a difficult one to make.
I truly believe that everybody wanted to be there, but for some, it wasn’t the right choice this year.
For those that couldn’t make it, we still felt your spirit with us.
In the end we will all struggle to find the words to describe our experience yesterday. Even collectively, we can’t put it into words.
As one breast cancer survivor said to me “you have to be here, to feel it”!
To each and every one of you that made the journey yesterday to be with us in person, volunteers, breast cancer survivors, vendors sponsors, runners, walkers, THANK YOU!
YOU brought SUNSHINE to a day weather forecasted to be Anything but bright…so until next year…be safe and be well!
With a Grateful heart…
Mary Deming, Race Director
