Time For A 5k

In two days time, my friend Diana the Most Awesome  (I just gave her a title, because she is, and deserves it) and I will be heading to seattle on a ferry, then doing a warm up walk to west lake mall. I'm assuming we will want to take the monorail, so as to not over do it before the race.

The Monorail (I cannot say this without picturing Homer Simpson driving it) will take us to the space needle. We will register, and then take a container for water over to the fountain, fill it with a gallon of water, and prepare to walk a 5 k with it around the space needle area.

As much fun as I think 5 ks  are, I hate running, so I'm happy this one is a walk. What makes me a little nervous is that I will be doing this walk carrying a gallon of water.

The walk is for a charity, Water 1st international. And our  whole registration fee will be going to the charity. So that's really cool.

As someone who has ran a charity drive, one thing I love about this walk is the reason we are carrying a gallon of water. This charity helps small communities in certain poor areas of the world be able to get clean water near to them.

This helps less people die from  bad water, and allows girls to go to school instead of walking and fetching water all day. What I love about the 5 k carrying water, is that it is an opportunity to not just send some money their way, but to gain empathy for a small part of what those people might go through.

I'm a bit nervous because my plantar faciatis has started to flair up in the past week, and so I may have to back out on carrying water and just walk. However, I really want to carry the water, so I've been very good about icing and all the things this week, and it has gotten better.

If anyone wants to join me and Diana, you can do a virtual walk if you can't make it or don't live in the  seattle area, or you can sign up and join us even on the day.

Or... You can sort of sponsor my walk, and just send a donation to the charity if you desire. I don't have Diana's link, but here is my page for the event
https://my.water1st.org/fundraise?fcid=972175
Or, one of my favorite co workers, who has done the walk before, is going to come cheer us on from the sidelines with her cute little dog. I also appreciate that, and the friend in Arizona that is cheering me on via Facebook messenger.

Any way, we will be walking with the Seattle Reign pro women's soccer team, and it should be fun. I will write a follow up blog to let you all know how it goes, pictures and all. 

Happy Friday!