Race for the Cure

Last weekend I walked with the team from work - The Sisterhood of the Traveling MooMoo's in Race for the Cure. It was my first time to walk. We walked toward the back of the pack. There were around 5,000 people walking, mostly women and some families who participated in the 2K family walk. Shortly into the walk, we made our way to the Broadway Bridge. As we made our way onto the bridge with the group I thought - Wow, I must be in worse shape than I thought, my legs feel shaky. Then I felt kind of dizzy and almost faint. I thought to myself, we're only a few blocks into this 3 mile walk, I'm going to be in trouble! Then as I looked around, I see lots of other women looking like they were also having trouble walking, their arms out to balance themselves. As people started looking at each other like they weren't sure what was going on, others started saying, "The bridge is moving." One lady headed ahead of us headed to the side of the bridge as ladies began to get neasous. Women began holding onto each other and bracing each other as they knocked and bumped into each other. When you looked down, you could see the bridge under you feet. Every some many steps, I would have to stop walking to get my balance so I could begin to walk again without falling over. As we made it from the large suspension bridge to the pillar bridge, the metal conectors banged together under our feet as you looked down through the bridge to the river below. I personally was releaved to make it to the more solid bridge. Later when I talked to a friend ahead of us in the walk, she said the bridge was not moving when they crossed. My mom sent me an article from the paper printed this week that said the bridge had in fact done what it was designed to do. The bridge is suppose to sway under such circumstances. But - I have already decided that next year I want to be in the front half of the walk!

The walk was made even more fun by my friend Marina joining me. It was nice to have someone to go with me and we had a good time. She and her husband James spent the previous night at my parents and James fished at my parents pond while we spent the morning walking. Thanks Marina for walking with me!

We also had the opportunity to worship in my home churches brand new building and worship center. It was a great weekend!