Yesterday was Halloween and the Run Scared 5K to benefit the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. There were over 600 participants and the event raised over $14,000. Our team had quite the crew. We were 37 strong with 2 babies, and 5 dogs!
Fortunately I’ve been feeling great this weekend (much better than after my first round of chemo) so I was able to fully participate. Though in the interest of full disclosure I should say that a few of us walkers took the shortcut and probably did closer to 2 or 2.5 miles rather than the full 3.1. What can I say? It was a big hill, and it felt pretty optional for those of us just there for a casual walk.
Many pics from the morning courtesy of my father-in-law Don:
Why am I including this picture?
I like that Pepper is mid-shake
Denny had the best pet costume in our group
Just about to start
The exciting start!
The
The exciting photo finish
Not just walkers, Delene (in white) probably placed 2nd
Tanya
The Fam
The Firefighter
It was great to see so many people from all aspects of my life coming together to join my family on this little walk/run to support cancer research.
Thanks also to Tanya who coordinated everything. A strong showing indeed everyone!
We returned home and my dad helped Christine scrape up what was left of the pumpkins decorating our stoop. They’ve served us well for the last 2 weeks, but sadly they were just a little too past their prime and have taken to collapsing, rotting, leaking and attracting flies for the last few days. So sadly they had to go so as to not scare children away or cause them to slip on rotting pumpkin juices.
Christine cranked out a few replacement Jack-a-lanterns before Tanya joined us for the evening to watch some Beetlejuice and greet Trick-or-Treaters alongside our traditional Halloween dinner of tacos.
I’m glad to hear the last treatment went better than the first one. Everyone looked so festive in their costumes. It looked like you had fun. I wish I could have come. I am healing from my last radiation treatment. Soon you will be saying “I only have one more left, yea!”
We were sad to have missed the event so I was beyond happy to see that you already updated your blog! THANKS FOR THAT! Great turn out, awesome costumes, and lots of support. Hooray! =)
Did you see that Denny made the facebook site for the run?
Looks like it was a great day for walking! Sorry we missed it, but I’m glad that you were feeling well enough to participate. (-: