Memorial Day. A day to honor those who gave the ultimate sacrifice for our freedom. The military. It's a part of my life. It's been a part of my life for over a decade. I'm proud to have served. I'm proud to continue to do what I can to honor those who still serve, those who did serve, and those who paid the highest price. I run. It's what I like to do. I heard about this relay that was happening on Memorial day. It was going from Foley, AL and it was running right past my house to the Naval base. I HAD to be a part of this, so I contacted the organizer and volunteered my team, Team RWB Pensacola, to run 10 miles.
I wasn't sure I would get enough interest from the team, but I figured I'd run all 10 and if I could I'd find people to join me for portions of the run. Turns out others also wanted to run the entire 10! I got an amazing response from my team! I was so proud and excited.
It was a great relay. Chris and Alex from Team RWB Mobile passed the flags off to Jeff, Michael and I. It was an awesome feeling watching them carry the flags over the bridge.
It was 1pm and it was hot. The excitement over the whole thing carried me about 2 miles, then the heat started to take it's toll. Thankfully my husband and the kids and Michael's wife were following us and providing support. I had my camelbak filled with water, but it wasn't until I got cold gatorade from a cooler that I really started to feel good.
My husband wanted to run some miles, so once we got on base we switched and he got to run the 3 miles to the exchange point.
My kids loved waving the flags out the window and stopping to get out and cheer on everyone.
I love this photo because they look like they are melting. It was seriously hot out there! Fred also joined us on base for the last few miles.
At the firestation we passed the flags to the organizer (Aimee) and her daughter. We ran the last 2 miles with them to finish out the relay. We had a little reminder of why we were doing this run along the way...
All done!
It was a great run! We will be doing this relay again next year; it was a great way to pay our respects.
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