One of my responsibilities as team captain is to help coordinate our Saturday morning training sessions, aka GTS. This task involves getting up closer to my normal bed time than awake time, so I was surprised that when my alarm went off at 5:45am, I was actually awake. And kind of perky. Sans coffee, which I really don't drink.
I'm so grateful for all of my volunteers, who gave up a Saturday morning--in the rain, on a holiday weekend, no less--to provide fluids and support for all of the brave runners who came out to run this morning.
TNT relies almost entirely on volunteers, and this Saturday morning was no exception. It's amazing to me how much time people give to this program. It's not a one-event affair. People continue to give of their time, training for events, raising large sums of money, volunteering for water stops, coaching and mentoring others, week after week, season after season, year after year--all so one day, our friends and family won't experience first hand the devastation of cancer. And I'm grateful to be just one small cog in the wheel.
I was so inspired, that even after spending four hours in the rain (with shelter, thank goodness!) and slogging five gallons of water and Gatorade to and fro, I went for a short run myself, thankful that I could.
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